Mac Mini
Media Center PC World, Mac Mini � Is It The Best Media Center PC? Their conclusion is no. And so HTMini takes them to task and says it’s fine with the exception of HDTV. The first article forgot to point out the lack of digital audio. That’s a deal breaker for me (yes you can buy an adapter..)
Update: Ming compares building a Shuttle MCE PC with building a Mac Mini Media Center. Conclusion is that the Shuttle is $860 and the Mac is $1400. A big difference! But if owning a Mac makes you cooler at school then do what you gotta do.