aubuti;609895 Wrote: > mcr, re your questions about this pc. From the spec sheet at > newegg.com: > > 1) it has at least 4 USB ports on the back, so if your drive is USB, no > problem > > 2) if all it's doing is serving music I would think that CPU and 2GB > would be fine. 1GB may work, but why bother when you're talking maybe > $10 tops. If you're thinking Windows then definitely go 2GB. > > 3) that has gotten to be a religious question around here. my god says > "no" > > 4) "safe version of Windows" is an oxymoron, but use whatever you're > comfortable with. Usually Linux is better at server applications that > you just want to run without a lot of intervention. And Linux usually > makes better use of lower end hardware, especially because you don't > have to run a gui. Although maybe WHS is comparable in this regard, I > really don't know. Also, who wants to shell out $100, or even $50, for > a Windows license when Linux is free?
Thanks. This is quite reassuring, as all I really want is to build a simple-minded appliance, on the cheap, that will run Squeezebox server and pump digital music signal (PCM) into my Touch via ethernet cable. A non-intrusive appliance, such as this Shuttle, which I can shove in the corner, behind the curtains, far away from the eyes, an appliance that is fanless and quiet as a mouse, networked, can access my music library, and thus free my iMac to do its other chores. Me think that's not too much to ask. And for less than $300, it's the sweet spot. All I'm enquiring about at this point is are there any pitfalls to that plan? And from what I'm hearing so far, there aren't any. Thanks again! P.S. The only thing I'm still not sure about is whether the supplied CPU & 2 GB of RAM can deal with the task of doing the heavy lifting while converting FLAC, WAV etc. to PCM on the fly, before streaming PCM to the Touch? -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85420 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
