bits;644962 Wrote: > I run a NAS because its on 24/7 and idles at about 14w usage. > My PC idles at about 75w usage. > > I dont know who pays your power bill, but I pay mine and that is why I > use a NAS over a Windows box. > > I have 2 desktops and 2 laptops in the house using Windows. That is 4:1 > in my house alone for Windows to Linux for me alone. I am 100% a Windows > desktop user and would promote Windows as the right answer to any of my > friends. But I, like a large portion of the Squeezebox userbase, use > Linux for my server. > > nicolas75, the numbers have been shown to you. Slim Devices/Logitech > have been cranking out these Squeezeboxes for a long time over many > different versions. They clearly have sold enough of these in the past > at least to prove it is/was a viable product in its current form. > > Breaking into a market is the hardest thing for any business, look at > the Revue at how a product can struggle to get traction in the market. > You would need to be very sure about your goals to rush to change your > product drastically eg killing Linux support, potentially losing 40% of > the proven customers. > > You fail to recognize why NAS are popular and you fail to accept > Squeezeboxes proven customer base. Clearly you are out of touch and not > catering for these potential customers which have proven to be in large > enough numbers to keep a product alive for 10 years through numerous > versions.
Well, you got several answers from other people. I'll just say - I pay my power bill - If you compare idle power for your power bill, you should calculate how much money per year the difference is (can you afford a squeezebox or a computer ?) - I would certainly not choose a PC with 75W idle as a server ... - In my opinion a NAS idle power is usually too much for the poor service you get from it. - As others, if I care for power and power bill, I go for WOL with carefully chosen PC, certainly not for 24/7 on NAS ... - Like a lot of computer aware people, I am still convinced NAS are popular because of the marketing hype, certainly not because they would be suitable for domestic use. - Squeezebox product line failed with non technical aware market, this is proven by the fact SBS has so many linux users (which means so few Windows users ...), this is because of the software poor stability and reliability for non technical users, not having one technical aware fan to install/support the system. - Squeezebox product line cannot survive with the current market linux users. - Squeezebox product line cannot survive without success with mass Windows market (and if it succeeds in this market, it doesn't need the linux fans market ...) -- nicolas75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicolas75's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89143 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
