fattybacon: I understand what you mean; but I'm not sure it could make sense from a commercial viewpoint.
To turn the SBR into a "SqueezeBoxServer" would almost certainly require improvemnts to the processor/memory plus additional interfaces for usb ports etc. etc which would price it above a mass-produced NAS. And I'm sure it would take an enormous investment to create a user interface which is less fiddly than current NAS offerings. As mattybain points out; people can opt to use the Squeezenetwork with no home server at all. For those that want to play the music stored on external hard drives; that you mention, they can easily get going using an existing PC to run SC. If they find themselves using it lots; they can create a dedicated server using myriad NAS / Unix / Mac / PC options. QNAP's NAS's and Ripserver come with SC installed; I think Logitech (or anyone else) would struggle to beat those for price & convenience. http://www.ripfactory.com/ripserver.html http://www.qnap.com Just my two cents. Peter. -- pnharrison ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pnharrison's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52559 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
