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MrSinatra;266962 Wrote: > from strictly a user POV, and i spend a lot of time teaching people, it > helps. > > > > i don't see it as either or. > > in fact, SS on a NAS is very close to being what i'm suggesting. only > what i am saying is put SS on the SB itself and map to the storage, > instead of storage and SS combined, SB separate. > > what i am trying to say is you could give end users a variety of > options, and do so fairly simply without changing much. > > if slim/logitech doesn't make a tivo type music appliance, someone else > eventually will. You understand putting SS on the squeezebox would require a heck of a lot more hardware for the squeezebox itself. This would greatly increase its cost, size, power consumption and make it a poor audio device itself. Most likely would require active cooling due to the increase in power requirements or being extremely large. Both of these 2 items would make it not ideal for many users. If I wanted a computer in my audio rack I would do just that put a computer in my audio rack, NOT buy a squeezebox. But I certainly do not want such a device in my audio rack. Or next to my bed, or in my kitchen, or in my garage, etc. See where I am going. The beauty of the SB is it is a thin client and can easily fit in so many locations. Really what is so hard about having a small computer somewhere in your house dedicated to music storage and serving? You can build a power efficient (relative) computer with decent storage for under $500 depending on your storage requirements. Then just leave this thing on 24/7. If you think a prebuilt NAS is any different as far as power consumption you would be wrong. And for setting it up, I believe there is a Slimserver install disk that install linux and slimserver for you to make it simple. -- m1abrams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ m1abrams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=850 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
