On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Jim Lux wrote:
That's sort of the model, though.. Except with the disk drive built in.
There ARE small network attached storage devices available, intended for the
home server market, but last time I looked (about a year ago), they all
seemed to require loading a special application on your PC or MAC for access,
probably so they could implement some sort of future Digital Rights
Management. The market is so competitive, I can't imagine that they'd make
money with the hardware alone, so I assume their idea would be to get decent
penetration, and then sell the capability to, for instance, store (legally)
downloaded music and/or video in connection with a third party content
provider. They all had quasi whizbang media player type software that ran in
connection with their thing (store your MP3s on our server and play them on
your PC!).
Righty-ho, but if you get two little paperback USB drives and work for a
minute or two with duct tape, you can accomplish "built in". Or if you
prefer you could put a swatch of velcro on the sides of the slug and
bottom of the drive -- that would make it a bit simpler to remove them.
rgb
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