Jooseppi wrote: > Hi, > > I'll answer some unanswered questions. > > I don't have the Controller at all. I bought only the Receiver and set > it up with net-UDAP. I'm on XP SP3 and a well resourced computer (X2 > 5000+, 2GB 800, 7200rpm). > > I can later on, when I have more time, take some measurements of the > exact times it takes for certain tasks. However, I dont see so much > relevance in exact numbers of seconds. To me, if it takes more than two > seconds, it's too much. Am I being unreasonable? I dont think so. So far > I've ripped to FLAC about 500 albums, so the database isn't huge. And, > if Sooloos can do it, SD should get close to it. > > Have any of you experimented with SSDs? You can DIY a very fast small > SSD reletively cheap. Just get an ultra fast CF card (around 45MB/s, > UDMA) and put in a PATA adapter and hoot up to computer. Those things > are fast. The adapters cost under 10 dollars and 4GB cards some tens of > dollars. The seek times on flash drives are mind blowingly little. Maybe > flash could be a way to increase the so called snap factor? > > Have any of you found comprehensive data on Sooloos' specifications? It > would be interesting to learn more about it's technicalities. Maybe SD > could learn something from it even though it is as a whole a different > approach (closed). >
The difference is probably in the architecture. SC is a client server system. Don't forget that both the client (web) and server can run on a wide range of systems. But a web interface is just not that responsive. I've often thought (and even said) that SD would do well in creating a smart client in something like Java, that would give users the flashyness and snappyness that people have come to expect of software. The web-interface is great IMHO, but something quick and pretty would please a lot of users. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
