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I currently have a Mac, iPad Mini and iPhone...

I would use it for streaming games from my iPad to TV...

Not sure what else APPLE TV does.
 
So tonight i went for a combo of iflicks and xbmc which is working perfectly as of right now 🙂 try this out before you go for apple tv.
 
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