funkstar;454042 Wrote: > A specialist product like any of the Squeeze players are always going to > be more expensive than generic mass produced (and I mean in the hundreds > of thousands of units) hardware like netbooks. Logitech offer far better > support and longer warranties than netbooks as well. Also don't forget > how much all the software development that goes into these products > actually costs.
On the other hand this is a specialized product, unlike a notebook which must be able to work with every bit of windows software the world can throw at it. The screen is much larger as well which is where a chunk of the cost comes from, and internally, it would probably would use much of the stock componets that a laptop uses. Of course, the audio circuitry is more extensive than a laptop, but they have this developed anyway. As for product runs, how much difference are they to the average laptop anyway. There are so many laptops and netbooks out there now and many from much smaller companies than Logitech. A classic example is the new internet tablet from always innovating. Now this is "design" and could probably run slimserver at least harware wise, and is going for about the same price. People can run slimserver on some pretty low powered PC's, notebooks, nettops and even NAS units, so I really don't think it would be too hard to include this in a slim device.... I think the only reason they don't is because it would defeat their name ;O) It won't be a slim device anymore would it ;O) I personally am tired that I have to keep switching on my PC every time I listen to music. This was fine when I bought the device, but that is so retro these days. -- Justme ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
