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(Past Matthew Keys, The Desk) – If the rumors and reports are correct, Apple will brainstorm taking pre-orders within the next few days for its forthcoming Apple TV set-superlative box.

Dissimilar the electric current generation model — which has been reduced to a modest $65 at some retailers ahead of the new version — the upcoming version of the set-top box is a callback to the first generation Apple TV in that it has a pregnant corporeality of on-board storage. In the fist generation Apple TV, the storage was meant to accommodate flick and Idiot box show downloads from the iTunes store; this time effectually, the storage is meant to accommodate a number of apps expected to be offered in the first-always app store for Apple TV.

The new Apple Television set comes in two storage flavors: 32GB at $149 and 64GB at $199. The biggest departure between the two will likely exist how many apps you lot tin store on the device before y'all reach your limit and which kinds of apps you intend to use.

Apple has a few plans in identify to keep users from having to constantly delete one-time apps in lodge to make room for new ones. New technology found inside Apple's telly operating system will automatically option certain apps apart, downloading only the parts of an app a user needs most at whatever given time and keeping other parts of the app in the deject. The bits of the app that are immediately downloaded are known equally on demand resources, and the idea is that it downloads app content faster while saving infinite on the device.

Even though Apple tree'south non forcing developers to utilize on demand resources (it'due south turned on by default), it is requiring developers limit their apps to 200 MB in size. And while Apple TV does permit apps to download as much as 2 GB of data in order to unbundle and run an app, there's no "persistent storage" on the device — meaning Apple Tv set tosses any unused, cached data back into the deject when a user closes an app in order to free up space on the device.

All of that means the base-model 32 GB Apple Boob tube should exist more than plenty for near people. Given the size limitation on Apple tree Telly apps, a person could download well over 100 apps and even so have some room to spare.

So why is Apple also selling a version with a larger corporeality of storage?

Aside from users who may want to download movies, TV shows and music from the iTunes store (it isn't even clear if Apple tree is assuasive this, since downloading iTunes content hasn't been a affair since the start generation Apple Telly), information technology's possible that Apple tree intends to allow developers to create larger-sized apps former in the near future. The new Apple Television is not merely a abode theater arrangement, it'south also a gaming device, and the slickest games sometimes demand a little more finesse that just an increase in storage space tin provide.

Games were cited as the reason behind Apple's recent decision to let developers to submit apps every bit big as 4GB to the iOS (iPhone and iPad) App store, where previously the file size was limited to half of that. And since Apple tree TV will have killer hardware for games, information technology stands to reason that, as time goes on, Apple may practice the aforementioned affair for Apple TV depending on developer feedback.

So the bottom line is this: If y'all only plan on using Apple Television receiver every bit a home theater device (think Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO and perchance a handful of others), you're probably fine investing in the base 32 GB model. But if y'all can come across yourself using Apple Boob tube every bit a gaming device — or you want to make sure you lot're gear up for potentially-larger apps in the future — spend the extra $50 for the bigger memory.

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