really interesting posts... i have wondered for a long time now why it is, if slim wants to sell hardware, they put so much resource wise into free software?
a while back, i argued for slim to create an "all in one" product, and was lynched for it, altho some good cons were brought up. however, given the price drops in stuff, i think its clearly time to revisit the whole paradigm. is perl the best way to go? should it run on peoples various computers? i would argue that a small, silent, displayless box that connects wired to the router should run SC with possibly a SSD. it could be linux based and in firmware, instantly boot, whatever... it could have usb and wireless and also be able to reach music on mapped network drives off the box. basically, a small SC server box with other possible uses, (and even optionally a SB client onboard). the other clients would be just as they are now, SBs, SBR, etc. logitech could [opt] update it remotely, troubleshoot it, etc... and i would rather have such a box then an "always on" computer that i don't want weighed down by SC anyway. the really great thing is logitech could control the platform en toto going forward, not have to worry about customers operating systems to any large degree. they could optimize SC in a newer, faster language or version for just such an appliance. did i mention this would be something i'd be willing to pay logitech for? -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - w/sc 7.3.4b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67040 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
