Thanks for the responses BloggingITGuy and gonk. If I could just have a Mac Mini sitting next to my components that would be nice, but I would need a keyboard too, right?

Do either of you know how well the SqueezeBox works with Mac/itunes? My music-server-to-be is an imac. Gonk, I thought using the TV as a display might be a plus since I could see more in terms of directories and files, no? I guess I'm not sure how the display on the squeeze box looks in action.