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It's a bit lengthy but feel like I have to vent having read through part
of this thread. I'm a new Duet owner. I run SC 7.2 of a old PII 700Hz
laptop which although old, has been able to do a lot chores for me,
running emule, torrent and some other media server app SIMULTANEOUSLY.
Now I only run SqueezeCenter on it and connect it to router via
ethernet. But the performance is horrible and the Duet is very
non-responsive. Is the hardware to week to run SC? Music can play well
for half-a-day and then it quit and I have to fiddle with it for hours
before it would work again. Turns out it was trying to carry out my
command but wasn't able to keep up. SC 7.2 feels so bloated that it
runs so slow. Hope I don't have to dedicate my Centrino 1.8 GHz laptop
to just run SC.
This is a consumer product and it seems that Logitech/SD provided help
is lacking. Product info and documentation is really lacking. I cannot
imagine other electronics I have that I have to rely on user forum for
info. and help.
I'm in the end-user application development. I can't image how bad my
users would scream if my product has so little official documentation
and they have to rely on user forum.
Logitech/SD - Please provide a more efficient version of SC that users
can simply install relatively low power hardware and even NAS (e.g.
Linkstation Live 500 I have always on that is capable of running PCast,
supports UPnP and FTP and running other server apps). I already have a
media computer connected to my theater. If I have to run a high power
PC to run SC responsively, I might as well please my music from the PC
directly.
I had high hopes before I bought the Duet and I am getting quite
frustrated.
I just want my entertainment gear to run and don't want to spend time
into hacking it. I would do that if I have to with my computers(Windows
and Linux alike) but not a piece of consumer electronic with which my
wife hopes to just fire up and enjoy music.


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