[email protected] wrote: > Well what are you gonna do when your computer craps out and you have to > buy a new one , then you find out with your computer's new operating > system won't run LMS ?....
A couple of thoughts. 1. I've had a personal computer since about 1981 or 82, and while I know things do happen, offhand I can't think of any circumstance I've had where an operating system upgrade didn't have backwards compatibility with my existing software. It wasn't too long ago that I had to reinstall a 1993 copy of Lotus Approach to recapture an old data file. 2. And, like ralphpnj, I run a dedicated server for my music and have a copy of the Linux-based software. It can be easily and quickly reinstalled on any replacement machine. Since my PC is dedicated only to music service, there is no need constantly update it. It isn't exposed to the internet, needs no virus or hacking protection, and if it works properly as a music server today, it'll keep doing that for a long time. 3. Ultimately, the only really important issue to me is that I hang onto my music files. There are lots of ways to play them, but right now, I like the Squeezebox method the best. I've got no reason to abandon a player and format that serves me well. 10 years from now, who knows? But any other option I jump into right now carries the same risk (and maybe more.) Now, just because the Touch works well for some of us doesn't mean that it is a universal approach. No matter what the product, some people will always prefer something different. I got used to that a long time ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96578 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
