The home network is becoming ubiquitous and slim is playing on this, marketing to a growing market of dual personality nerdy computer geeks / ultracool music loving dudes. This demographic is becoming 'normal' in younger age groups and is growing very fast! So, they do not need to market to other groups, like portable, lo/mid fi, etc. iPod has mostly what you describe and it fits in your pocket, and plays video for less then a SB. Use nice earphones or take analog line out of the bottom and it is a 1/2way (1/4way?) decent source.
As for there being extra room in the TP for a hard drive and disk controller, disk bus, two more power supplies and noise shielding, nope! Space is an important ingredient in high end designs. Distance attenuates EMI and RF radiation and allows better wiring design. Some parts inside need to be separated by distance to achieve the very low S/N of the TP. Keep up the futuristic thinking, you will invent the next iPod! -- richidoo More Prokofiev... please? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30080 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
