MrSinatra;218560 Wrote: > just fyi, i'm not trying to be argumentative, i think we just need to > agree to disagree. > We obviously agree on some things and disagree on others, I'm not sure this discussion is going to make it any clearer. I think the differences is just mostly related to if one prefer a fat device or a slim device.
Anyway, I think we probably have a lot of potential users: 1. Users that don't have a 24/7 server and don't have a NAS/external harddrive. - They may want the single box solution with everything in one box. 2. Users that have a NAS or USB drive but don't have a 24/7 server. - They may wan't the single box solution with everything in one box, but they probably down want a harddrive to be included. 3. Users that have a 24/7 server - They already have the server hardware so the don't want to pay extra for server hardware they don't need. 4. Users that like to take their music collection with them to a friend. - Here I think a single box solution might be optimal, but for these users it may also make some sense to include amplifier and speakers in the box. However, as already mentioned previously, a slim device connected to SqueezeNetwork using your library uploaded at mp3tunes will probably also work for these users. 5. Users that like to take their music collection with them in the car. - Here we want a solution that has the format of a standard car stereo so it can be easily plugged in to place. We need a server part and hard drive that can run on the car battery. I think the optimal solution would be something that was in the car the whole time but could synchronize its harddrive with the system inside the house over the night. 6. Users that like to take their music collection with them when they are walking or running. - Something like an iPod is clearly the best solution here, so better integration between the iPod and SB/SlimServer would improve this situation. I'm not sure if Logitech like to focus on portable devices, if they don't some sort of integration might still be appropriate. 7. Users with large houses that needs to be able to play different music in different parts of the house, but also sometimes wants to play the same music in the whole house. - Here a slim device with a single separate server is almost the only way to go. The users could buy a single box with both SB+SlimServer and a number of extra boxes which only contains a SB. But I have a feeling some of these users already may have a 24/7 running server, so they might not be interested in the SB+SlimServer combo box at all. IMHO all these uses can't be satisfied with a single solution. I'm also not sure if Logitech tries to satisfy them all. Anyway, if they like to satisfy as many as possible I think some kind of modularised hardware and software solution is needed. Making a single device that tries to solve all cases will just result in a too large and too expensive device. There are some advantages with fat devices and some other with slim devices. So I think each customer just have to choose which one he prefer. If he likes a slim device, Logitech is a good way to go, if he like a fat devices there might be other vendors providing better solutions. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37279 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
