CardinalFang Wrote: > I was explaining my SB setup to someone I work with who loves music and > has tons of CDs. She wanted to get one when she saw how good looking it > was and when I told hert how much I liked it. Her comment was "my > son-in-law will have to set this up for me if it involves installing > software and setting up network connections". Do not underestimate how > intimidating anything other than plugging something into the mains and > pressing the on switch is to the intelligent but non-technical person. > > The Squeezebox to me is in a limbo state - it has mass market > pretensions from its industrial design, it isn't a standard HiFi > component shape for example and uses wall-wart type power supplies > rather than the overkill electronics favoured by audiophiles. Yet it > requires an element of devotion by technically minded people to get it > running well. It isn't plug and play, but it looks like it should be. > You still need to know what you are doing for a successful install, > especially on wireless. > > Yes - I know that many people have installed SlimServer, plugged in the > Squeezebox and got music, but many haven't and in any case there are lot > of people out there who love music but run away at the thought of > entering a network IP address. "What if I break my home network? What > if I do something wrong and plug it into the wrong slot on the router > or PC?" > > Paul
Couldn't agree more. The vast majority of Slimserver downloads are for Windows and we all know how easy it is to get a service like this to run smoothly on windows (firewalls, virus scanners, background processes anyone?). Some of this is beyond Slim Devices control but certainly there ARE things that can be done with the application and installation instructions to make it easy for non-techies to get things going. As far as people being "morons" I find that many tech folk automatically slot people into that category who don't live and breathe tech as they do. I sure know a lot of PHD and MD "morons" if "tech savvy" is really the benchmark for smarts nowadays. -- jmpage2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21126 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
