Kevin wrote.. > I expect at some point that there will be a Logitech branded tiny, > fanless computer that you plug an external USB drive into. All it will > do is run Squeezecenter and it will find the files on the USB drive. If > someone wanted to get crazy, maybe it would have a CD drive and software > to > rip & encode too. >
Yea something like that would make all the difference I think. Except would Steve Jobs make you plug in a USB Drive? Too geeky I think. Hard drives are pretty cheap, just have one included in all the units. I would far rather have every unit with a built in hard drive and simple a program I can run that copies music to all the units with the click of a mouse. I found my transporter problem I think - when I use a homeplug ethernet connection the stuttering went away. My laptops uses the wirless ok but the transporter must loose it and the buffer empties without warning. With build in hard drives you can never have a hassle. I also think the slim center thing is not something apple would bother with. Apple TV Take 2 is great becuase it has no pc interface. And building sotware is so hard all anyone is ever going to do is say 'gee this is nowhere near as good or fast as itunes or media player etc'. No doubt people will hate me for suggesting squeezebox gets junked, but I am pretty sure it's what apple would do. All i want to do is play music without having to load CDs. The rest is geek. Remember Dyson - one of his first vacuum cleaner also had a carpet cleaning feature. He stripped it out and it sold better. That's branding for you. People in Japan like widgets on everthing but in Europe only geeks do. -- willyhoops ------------------------------------------------------------------------ willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45950 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
