It'll have to be cheaper than a $599 Mac Mini which does the same job, only better plus more in a cute package. With Apple's new Leopard OS coming within 2 months, best to wait before purchasing anything that might be the wrong thing.
Sounds like Windows 95 vision of networking here - no central server software controls, each client machine has it's own software, like peer to peer controls. Hardware's no more than a NAS device. Streams media - but only to certain devices. Won't work with XBox. Won't work on older PCs. Won't work cross platform. It'll be famous not for what it can do, but for what it is prevented from doing. Typical Microsoft.
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It'll have to be cheaper than a $599 Mac Mini which does the same job, only better plus more in a cute package. With Apple's new Leopard OS coming within 2 months, best to wait before purchasing anything that might be the wrong thing.
Sounds like Windows 95 vision of networking here - no central server software controls, each client machine has it's own software, like peer to peer controls. Hardware's no more than a NAS device. Streams media - but only to certain devices. Won't work with XBox. Won't work on older PCs. Won't work cross platform. It'll be famous not for what it can do, but for what it is prevented from doing. Typical Microsoft.
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