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On 16 December 2011, at 14:27, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

> On 12/16/2011 04:13 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
>> With an (old) $50 card, you can get an old Core 2 desktop system to
>> serve as an HTPC.
>=20
> Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p on the =
2 CPUs just fine.
>=20
> A Core 2 desktop system is certainly not "old".

There are newer Core2s and older ones, though. The first ones were =
released summer 2006.

Stroller.