Help me order my new APPLE Computer

Couple of things: you don't need very much ram to use a Mac running
iTunes. You can't buy a new Mac with less than 1 GB ram, and that's
more than enough. ( I've had music playing from a Mini with 1 GB ram
for now 5 days/nights straight, without a pause or hiccup ).

Mac to DAC via USB to Bel Canto DAC3 sounds every bit as good
as my $2500 Arcam CD player.

The new Mac OS : Leopard, has *really* improved the iTunes 'Front Row' UI.
It's very nice, and worth the $129 upgrade for solely that reason, IMHO.

The Mac DVD player UI is very nice too. And it does a darn good job
at DVD playback. So you have a DVD video and DVD-A player in the deal too.

Not to mention: load your photos into iPhoto, fire up the slide show,
pick the tracks you want to assign to a slide show, and there you go.

It's all kind of a no-brainer for around $700. ( Mac Mini )

I'm into photography too so I do want to max out the RAM anyway.
Can I send the signal from the computer to my integrated amp wirelessly?

Pwfletcher

I like the looks of your system. I'm leaning towards the Mini Mac for my system also. How are you handling the vidio part of your system. Do you have a monitor set up with your system so you can view what's on the Mini Mac. Why didn't you just go with a MacBook instead of the Mini Mac.

Just trying to learn
Thanks

wondering if anyone uses a Mac Pro for a media server? what are the advantages/disadvantages vs. Mac mini &/or iMac?