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PC/Squeezebox v Mac Mini
I agree that I shouldn't need another computer in the system. And I agree that it shouldn't cost big bucks to pass a digital signal from my computer to my receiver. However, until I find a device that has a video out to the TV so I can select song... 
PC/Squeezebox v Mac Mini
Eric:Herman answered the remote question. As for the fan, it does have one (note the vent holes on the back), but it is virtually silent, so most people think it doesn't. Either way, there is no ambient noise produced by the mini, so it becomes a ... 
PC/Squeezebox v Mac Mini
The new intel based mac mini comes with a remote and has its own interface called front row. It basically looks and feels like the ipod menu system and allows you to chose DVD, Music, Video, or Pictures, and then control each with simple up, down,... 
PC/Squeezebox v Mac Mini
Drubin - Mac Mini is the computer/server, so the only interlink would be the optical cable to the Rotel. That's really a big part of the question: is the optical output on the mini through the mini/toslink cable 100% "lossless"?Others -- can you s...