I think its a misstake to have just one vision of the future, one model for doing things for everyone. I think there are benifits to both thin clients and multiple PC's everywhere. Different people what different things and the tech companies should respond to that by offering different solutions. Thats becoming more and more obvious to me and what makes it all so interesting.
My personal favourite solution, for now anyway, it to have central server in my home study/media room and feeding things like squeezeboxs, video streaming boxs. I really don't want another PC in my living room. There are pros and cons to both, but for me it's that fact that i have just one PC to worry about. And appart from space and noise issues, i have to think about the non-techy people in my life. I dont want to have to turn the TV on mess around either, and i PC simply are not stable enough yet. Has my DVD player ever crashed? No, i just plug in it and use it. And what about the costs too? In theory having mutiple PC boxs shoule be more expensive too. I also dont like the fact that some people are taking the concept of 'Digital Convergence' too far. Yes, somethings are ment to come together, like portable MP3 players and mobile phones, but i also prefer one dedicated device that does it's job well rather than a jack of all trades - master of neither. For me, it's not Convergence but integration thats the key. Thats one of the reasons we are seeing a boom in products like the Squeezebox, IMO. Thats not to say Media Cente type PC's are not the right solution for some people. But the future should catter for us, whatever we want. Is that not what technology is for? PS, that said the future maybe even more different than anyone of us think. Just look at mobile phones and the power they have now. PC's and gadgets as we know them will be vastly different. -- dangerous_dom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22474 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
