Mark Lanctot wrote: > slimkid;196805 Wrote: > >> Without getting into all the features, just checking on thier price >> list: >> >> Olive MUSICA 160 GB - $1099 >> Olive MUSICA 250 GB - $1499 >> >> The most expensice 90 GB I have ever seen (in the last 5 years). >> > > Geez, for those prices you can make a wicked fast server with 500 GB of > storage. It will be able to do other tasks as well, plus it's far more > flexible. > > There are lots of people running down the Slim architecture lately, but > IMHO it's their greatest strength. Take advantage of relatively cheap > mass-market computer hardware! Computer hardware will always be > cheaper than specialized "audiophile" hardware, and with > SlimServer/Squeezebox the audio playback hardware is in the player > where it belongs. > > The Olive Musica is apparently a low-power, inflexible PC running Linux > with local storage. I guess a lot of people like this? That's not a > more advanced product, just a less flexible and substantially more > expensive one. > It's not that bad though. You have a place to put your CD's in... (I miss that - very rarely).
I think I dislike the tiny display most of all. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
