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"David Empson" <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote in message
news:1jo6ped.6hihqurn4xugN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz.. .
> Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <michelle-732DED.11242001092010@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> >
> > > In article
<michelle-D1502B.09530001092010@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > New Apple TV in November; rental only, with no hard drive. One
quarter the
> > > size of the current Apple TV. $99.
> >
> > On the AppleTV, I wonder if the older versions are software updateable
> > to this new level of functionality?
>
> The new model has a different processor (A4 instead of Intel), so the
> software will be completely incompatible.

Yep, it's basically a completely new device. Some hacker might get the old
model to run the new software (in a similar way to the iPhone emaultor
running on Mac OS X), but it's unlikely there will ever be an official way.

On the surface and with only the quick look and limited details I've had
time to read so far, it seems like a step backwards, as does the horrible
new iPod Nano. :-\ Of course, Apple TV has always been classed as a
"hobby" project.