I can not recommend using a mac mini enough, first of all they seem to be very quiet so you can place it in your listening area if you would like, very affordable, and you can get bit perfect output right out of the box, unlike windows which takes a little bit of configuring.
I currently have mine and upgraded it to 4gb of ram and have a 2TB nas drive which is wirelessly connected to the mini.
Then I use itunes with my cds ripped using the aiff codec, and the iphone remote app. Or use my bluetooth keyboard and mouse, hooked up to my display.
I know that their are better options out there, also much worse than this. Just my opinion.
I currently have mine and upgraded it to 4gb of ram and have a 2TB nas drive which is wirelessly connected to the mini.
Then I use itunes with my cds ripped using the aiff codec, and the iphone remote app. Or use my bluetooth keyboard and mouse, hooked up to my display.
I know that their are better options out there, also much worse than this. Just my opinion.