So after getting a bit annoyed with dicking about streaming from my big PC to the 360, I had a play with XBMC and quite liked it - enough to convince me that getting a little HTPC was a Good Idea.
I wanted something small, quiet and efficient, so went for an Acer (not Asus ) Revo 3700 and bought some WD NAS drive to get going.
The Revo came back in Lady T's hand luggage from the UK. First impressions: It's actually quite a nice looking unit, fairly dinky but why would those clowns put the optical out on the front of the unit? Bah. If I wasn't going to use the optical out, I'd have no qualms in having it visible near the telly. As it is, I'll probably have it sit on the satellite box kind of out of view.
It came with Linpus Linux, which quite frankly looks like a steaming pile of crap. Currently trying to make a win 7 USB installer... Will also try XBMC Live soon, but first windows as I'm familiar with it.
More to come.