dapnyc Wrote: > Did you ever buy a stereo component that suddenly stopped working with > CD's? Did you ever buy a car that, after you took it to the shop to > tune it up, suddenly didn't function with gas? My point is that they > upgraded the software without telling customers that it would render > their older devices effectively useless (unless you enjoy music > dropouts).
Not the same thing at all. If you want an exact analogy, stick to the facts: "I downloaded software and it didn't perform well on my hardware as the old version" and your solution is "I should get a free hardware upgrade"... So when you buy Windows XP and it doesn't run on your 8088, Microsoft should send you a new PC... "But DOS ran just FINE and your bloated XP doesn't!!" No One Forced You To Upgrade. If I bought a CD player that didn't play CD's then it wouldn't be a CD player, would it? If it used a MagicalWhoozitConnector and I needed a SuperWhatzitBrand DAC to use it: then I should have figured that out before I bought it.... or return it when it doesn't work. If I paid for a Tuneup and the car stopped working: I would make them restore it to working condition. I sure as hell wouldn't demand that I deserve a brand new car. > > So the net is that SD should have either 1) notified users that if you > use a Squeezebox 1 (for example), DO NOT download this new version, or > 2) tell users that they will no longer support the Squeezebox 1, or 3) > stop supporting an old piece of hardware but because they don't want to > piss of customers, give them an easy upgrade path. In the technology > space, this happens all the time.... But it isn't a question of not supporting the SB1: the problem is that the much smaller buffer of an SB1 is beginning to show as a problem as the code gets more complex and starts demanding more CPU. On some server hardware there may be insufficient CPU resources to keep the buffer full. If you don't like the performance of 6.3, then you can certainly go back and download another version of the software... one that works better on your setup. http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/ Nothing stops you from running 5.4 if you want to. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23641 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
