dBerriff;454775 Wrote: > I have a network, broadband access, SqueezeCenter, ripping software, > loads of hard disk space and a computer to run it all. Without this > infrastructure the Squeeze concept does not really work. It also tends > to render the USB/SD slots redundant, unless I am once again missing > something. I'm all for giving options but the Touch would, on the basis > of what I have been told here, leave me with a touch screen, DAC, USB > slot and SD slot that I would not use. So, I probably would forget the > usb/sd card inputs. > > Gosh, I really do sound like a grumpy old man tonight. I just feel > there are some solutions to rather marginal requirements here.
Fair enough, me too. But I was at a friends last week and i asked to use their PC to check my email. So i wondered off to their spare room to find the PC was gone, only for them to point me to their shinny new laptop. I then realised that i actually dont know anyone with a desktop PC any more. Now most of these people have always expressed an interest in getting a Squeezebox, but it's far less likely they will now they have laptops. None of them want the expense or hassle of a NAS, and don't even know what they are anyway. It's hard enough for them to get thier head around the whole streaming thing, a NAS just 'aint going to happen. And running SC on a laptop is not a great prospect, as laptops get moved around and they dont want to leave them only the time (WOL not an option, as they are 99% run wirelessly and on battery a lot). They also just often just hook the laptop up to their hifi for music (Spotify mostly). I also read a post in the public forum by someone who said the same thing. Desktops are what most people run SC on, but they are a dying bread. I know i might be preaching to the converted here, but i think TinySC could be the key to the Squeezebox line's long term future. Not just a great idea, but possibly essential. -- autopilot Cheers, auto. *lounge:* squeezebox 3, squeezebox controller, cambridge audio 640a, mission 701's *kitchen:* squeezebox touch, trends ta-10.1, kef cresta 1's. *bedroom:* squeezebox boom *bathroom/garden:* squeezebox radio *car:* ipod classic 80gb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67399 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
