> The only reason I can see for a fat device is simplicity. I think that Slimdevices is rather limited by their heavily geek customer base. In the wider world, simplicity is a very desirable characteristic.
> If you anyway need a NAS box or fileserver, I don't really see > the point with a fat device. If you have to install Slimserver on that NAS box, there is a very big difference. > If you are going to use a NAS for the fileserver, you might be > able to run SlimServer on the NAS, but this can be a bit > complicated. But how many people actually already have a NAS, > if we aren't counting the geeks ? A while back, people on this forum often suggested to newcomers that they buy a NAS box to host SS. Over time the specific NAS box that was in favor changed as the previous recommendation was found to be flawed. > As I said earlier in this thread, I think the perfect solution > would be if Logitech sold 2 separate boxes, one client box > (the SB3) and one server box (with pre-installed, > pre-configured SlimServer). If these are made in a nice > dockable setup, some users can only buy the client part > and use their standard PC as server and some users > can buy both parts and dock them together to get a > single box (with two parts) that is easy to setup and use. > This would result in a very easy setup for those chosing > to buy both boxes. If you put the file storage in the same place as the client, there isn't much reason for the Slimdevices architecture. A PC or Mac running some music player program works just fine. Bill -- Listener ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37279 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
