i have run SC on a variety of machines. the thing is - that in itself attests to the power of the concept, and i am surprised this thread doesn't highlight it more. sure, someone claims they find SC sluggish, for whatever reasons, and that some specialized $10k box is more responsive. like others said - buy it... and feel really bad when it goes through the typical obsolescence cycle of computer-based systems.
the squeezecenter approach allows you to ride all hardware waves powered by Moore's law. *that* is why i think the approach is unique and hands-down superior to others - it supports a strategic variety of target systems and operating systems, and gives you a future proof approach. come on. combine that with the audiphile merits, and you have an utter and total *bargain*. really. sure, the interface isn't always the snappiest, for whatever reasons. i run it on good hardware, and on most occasions i find it more than responsive enough (Duet excepted, unfortunately, as far as my personal experience goes), in fact i find the performance awesome considering the commitment to universal flexibility built into the design philosophy. this approach allows you to take advantage of performance and power efficiency improvements of each successive hardware wave - good luck accomplishing that with proprietary systems... i am not a logitech employee, nor have i ever had a stake in slim devices. i have just been a user, and on occasion accused of being overly negative on these forums. *i* find the system a lot of fun. it has allowed me to totally access my music collection. intuitiveness is good enough, it is at iPod level at least, and has features the iPod world hasn't. as to performance, heck, ymmv and so on, i find the SB3 and SC7.1 based system great both on vista64 and ubuntu based SC-servers. not a fan of the Duet experience yet. -- pablolie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51305 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
