jhonsber...@msn.com wrote: > Well what are you gonna do when your computer craps out and you have to > buy a new one , then you find out with your computer's new operating > system won't run LMS ? Then you go back and search for an older LMS > version and they don't work either . > > I guess your current computer or for that matter any operating system on > that computer will never change the next time you update it . When Apple > or Microsoft alter their software , who knows if LMS will work . Maybe > it will but then again maybe it won't .
I use special purpose headless computers to run LMS. So the computers I actually use (currently all running Win7) are independent from the computers running LMS (currently vortexbox appliances running fedora linux). For those computers running LMS I can choose to leave them on something that works with LMS (as it all does now). Obviously in the long run (or even medium term), I'll be doing something else entirely (because everything eventually changes, and sometime for the better). I suspect my SB stuff will work well for me for at least 2 more years, maybe as much as 4 years. And by then, the technology (networks, players, servers, music services, etc.) will likely be very different from today. And the real key (for me) is that the entire cost of my SB ecosystem, including 3 VB servers, is mere rounding error compared to the cost of the CDs I've purchased over the years. If I saw another system that would work well for me, I'd buy it. But I actually don't see anything on the market at the moment that can actually replace my SB functionality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96578 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
