Over at Apple TV Hacks, an Apple TV user, Josh Lee, has sent in a photo of his device outfitted with a 32GB flash drive, laying claim to the prestigious “World’s First SSD-equipped Apple TV” award.
Originally, the set top box had a 40GB hard drive inside but that, apparently, wasn’t good enough for him (for reasons unknown) and that prompted him to buy a Transcend 32GB SSD for 160 bucks and take a screwdriver to the Apple TV.
An uncomplicated process—taking apart the unit, making an image of the hard drive and copying it over to the SSD, doing a factory restore and using the patch2stick—and voided warranty later, he was done.
Since this did not result in an increase in storage space or any other benefit at all for that matter (except for a little quieter operation) and cost him north of $160 (someone’s gotta pay those shipping charges too), it was kinda pointless. But hey, anything for the “World’s First SSD-equipped Apple TV” award, right?
The Fine Print: MacUser or any of its representatives do not condone physically hacking into any of your Apple products, or any other products for that matter. Most companies do not take kindly to it and you’ll void your warranty. Do not try this at home (but if you do, let us know).
[Via TUAW]
Oh, BS. You do so condone it:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6mhjue
You just don't advise it.
Yeh, what a waste of $160 bucks. You can buy a 500 gig one for that,
"Since this did not result in an increase in storage space or any other benefit at all for that matter"
I'm not so sure about this. My three questions are how much cooler (as in temp) does it run, how much less power does it use and what's it's boot time?