danull;571554 Wrote: > The SB Touch is advertised as having SBS built in. I have never seen it > advertised as having a gimped SBS built in that performs 5-10 times > slower than SBS running on an aging desktop. You have already formed > what I consider to be a "lowered expectation" and can use that > information when deciding whether to buy a Touch. Other folks do not > know this and if they knew TinySBS was so slow they might take that > into consideration. As they say, hindsight is 20/20... > > I am not a new user because I already own other Squeezeboxes so I do > have an expectation of how SBS should perform. If the Touch was my > first Squeezebox, I probably would have returned it after witnessing > TinySBS in action. That said, SBS works fine on my workstation and I > am not going to return it and am reasonably happy with it as a SB3 > replacement. I am definitely miffed that this function - which helped > push me into buying it as a SB3 replacement to begin with (a friend now > has that) - does not function as I'd hoped. > > This is similar to the debate about whether the SB Radio should > function as a reliable Alarm - there are folks who claim it was "never > meant to be one". The SB Radio is advertised as an alarm replacement > on several 3rd party retailers. There used to be a blurb on Logitech's > own SB radio page that I've cited in the past but now I'm not finding > it. I don't use it as an alarm and so I can't complain in that > case...but I'm definitely sympathetic when I see other posts and I hate > to see Logitech fans inexplicably attack people who don't so readily > adopt "lowered expectations". > > I hope you eventually rethink your point of view because I do not > believe it is healthy to make an argument that Logitech should deliver > function that fails to meet their user's expectations... I know from > your past posting history you are a solid fan who regularly defends > "present" quality... as a probable buyer of SBs in the future I think > that mindset can only hurt you in the long run... I'd much rather see > longtime SB'ers like you pushing Logitech for better quality, faster > performance, etc. > > -Dan
Agreed. I've made similar points in the past & been flamed by the fanboys who believe Logitech can do no wrong. The internal server in the Touch is rubbish and does not perform as advertised (it is NOT a bonus starter feature). I gave up on it after many struggles and have resorted to a server, which I did not plan on doing when I bought the touch. -- floater ------------------------------------------------------------------------ floater's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81346 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
