Question from a future apple TV owner

I'm looking at buying an apple tv soon but I have a question. I have a 500GB HD in my MacBook with plenty of room to store movies. How well does apple tv do with streaming files wirelessly over a network to my MB? Should I even bother spending the $ to get the bigger 160GB apple tv? I'd like to just buy the cheaper 40GB HD but I'm wondering if it's "glitchy" streaming over a wireless network.
Anyone have any advice?

brianfallen wrote:
Thanks capaho. That's what I meant, streaming from itunes.
Basically I'm trying to find out I even need to spend the extra $ on the bigger 160GB ATV. Since I have tons of HD space on my MB.
I have 3 40GB AppleTV's and 99% of the time streaming works perfectly - some stream wirelessly (Netgear n router) and others via mains plug network adapters.
Interference form my microwave can disrupt wireless but I can't change the laws of physics!
If your wireless is ok, then it should work fine.
There's really no advantage of 160GB over 40GB when streaming especially if your library is larger than 160GB - if you want to have stuff on AppleTV to use when computer is off then 160GB is more versatile.
You probably know but iTunes has to be running to stream to AppleTV as it actually does the streaming - AppleTV cannot access the data directly.

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