thinking of ordering the asus chromebox

[spider-prime]

For video/music files and just browsing the web on my tv for better viewing.

http://www.amazon.ca/ASUS-CHROMEBOX-...SP8NME20HM7C6A

I read a lot on if this can run HD movies at 1080p size and any format, most people said it should play them just fine. But you never know, so I wanted to get some other opinions about it.

I was planning on putting on ubuntu on it also if the chromeos is a piece of shit.

I was planning on buying a mac mini for this, since it is a pretty powerful mini pc, but not for the price, I just want something cheap, can take to someone's house also and just slap in a USB stick and play some files on it.

What say you?!