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Lou1z;267300 Wrote: > a nas can't do everything a pc can do!! > it's a very limited pc designed to serve files using common file > sharing methods. > you will be limited by the nas ie processor, memory, slots etc to what > you can do. nas's can be expensive and are certainly more expensive in > terms of what they can do compared to a pc. > as i said before, watch the pc world this year for virtual servers. > they are coming of age. M$ is releasing virtualisation with 2008 > server. vm server is free. > this gives you the ability to run multiple os's (multiple xp's if you > want) within the same hardware box. > just think about the power saving there! the latest intels are very > green, hardly any heat from the core duo's and hardly any power. > now you can run your server and your desktop from one pc. you can serve > up files over the internet, remote access anywhere in the world etc > etc. > raid is easy with them. backups is easy with them. so a nas? nah..... > tooooo limited!I am kind of surprised by this type of reaction. Nobody is > taking away or proposing to take away your capability of running SqueezeCenter from a PC. I think, though, that the OP has a very good point. There has to be, and there is the need to find, a solution that would put the awesome music listening power that Slimdevices solutions grant to music lovers that are not tech-savy enough. I look at Sonos prices and I read here that they are quite successful, so a market for a higher priced solution exists. Maybe today is too soon for it to be priced correctly, but in a year's time? 2 GB of RAM, 2 TB of space, a fast enough processor for whatever transcoding needs and to be capable of serving music to, let's say 6 boxes around a house... maybe a CD drive to automate the ripping and tagging process. I think this could be doable for less than $600. Maybe I'm wrong, but I would love for something like this to exist, so that I could give it as a gift to my mother. -- gorman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
