JohnB wrote: > However, even if the plugins 'die' I still intend to continue to use > SBT/LMS to stream my music collection for the foreseeable future.
Same here. I think the throw-away mentality applies more to stand-alone tech (phones, mp3 players), but given the fact that many Squeezebox owners a) have several different units around the house and b) might also come from a demographic that sees 'hifi' purchases as more 'once in a while', then I think a Squeezebox system is much less likely to be discarded for a new system. The big worry of course is that new operating systems won't be supported in the future. In my case I have a Mac mini running LMS, and Apple have a habit of (artificially?) removing support for older hardware from new OS releases. Provided LMS still runs on the last OSX version that my Mac mini supports, then I'm all set - no need to change anything unless the hardware fails. Touch wood, my SB hardware seems reliable so far, and I have a spare Touch in the loft. Rather than chucking it all out and starting again, I'm hopeful that, at the very least, the current 3rd party hardware solutions will remain and mature, so that, for instance, a tablet in a digital dock, or an iPod in a Boom-like dock could replace any failed hardware. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97353 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezenetwork
