stewrt;177750 Wrote: > -Wireless N !!!!!!!!!! to go with my new apple extreme
But that's "pre-n". Actual 'n' won't be out until mid-2008, and that's if there are no delays. What if the standard gets changed? Some overly ambitious companies have promised compatibility, including hardware changes if necessary. But those are companies even bigger than Logitech (Asus). That could be a huge problem if there are hardware changes necessary - they may have to find a way to weasel out of it or take huge losses. For people that buy equipment without a compatibility guarantee, if the standard changes, they'll be left behind. Wait until the standard comes out or take a risk...Slim/Logitech would be well-advised to wait this out. Anyway, about the only thing a wireless audio media streamer would benefit from is increased range, which is already met with MIMO routers. You don't need the extra bandwidth, seeing that even 24/96 WAV is 4608 kbps. > -Slightly larger display SLIGHTLY than the SB2 that is This would be nice, but they're using about the widest, highest-resolution display their current supplier makes. Also VFDs are very expensive, it's the single most expensive component in the Squeezebox, an even larger one would push this even further. Note the SB2 and the SB3 use the same display. > -usb connection for external drives or memory sticks I'm still scratching my head about this one. Why do people want a whining, clicking hard drive in their music room? Why not put an extra drive on their SlimServer machine? And putting SlimServer in the SB would require such a substantial redesign it'd really no longer be an SB but an Olive clone. The Olive units start at $899. > Or even an easy/expert mode. Now this I'm starting to agree with. A simple, native, Windows-only interface along with the current, full-featured web interface would satisfy the mass market while keeping current users happy. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25805 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
