pfarrell;491696 Wrote: > > I suggest you reconsider. > Cheap laptops (aka netbooks) don't have the power to do much. Mainline > laptops will work, but are far more expensive than you need. > > You are much better serverd by a free or nearly free desktop as a > server. Or a special "home theater computer", which are small and > quiet. > > Folks who try to use laptops for their media server tend to complain a > lot on the forums. > > You want a semi-real computer hard wired to your network for media. > Audio is easier than video, but its best to be wired. > > You can use a laptop or netbook to control the media server, I have > been > doing that with my SqueezeBoxServer for five or six years. While I > have > a Controller, I prefer to use my laptop and the HTML interface. > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
I was thinking of buying one with one of the new CULV Dual core processor and Ion or better graphics so it wouldn't be lacking in power for either video or audio. At the same time I would move my router to the living room enabling me to hard wire the network (apart from my old desktop). Have been thinking of buying a laptop of this kind anyway, so would just spare me the expense of a dedicated cheap server for squeezebox and files. Btw I have already tried a ReadyNAS Duo and sold it because it was so annoyingly slow. -- NoMind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NoMind's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34680 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72121 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
