Re: Showshifter & me - all your base belong to us

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxx>]

> I don't think it's insulting at all

Phew!

> but I have learned a very valuable
> lesson in life from using PC's and working with many a mechanical
> device, as well as having an analytical engineering mind is that
when
> you ask a machine to do multiple tasks then there is simply more to
go
> wrong!

Well, there is more to go with that system.  Basically, it means
no
redundancy.  If your MP3 player stops working, so does your DVD, CD,
SS,
etc.  It's an important point considering how reliable PCs are
today.  Again
a reason why it's the techie's choice.

> Add to that the extra usage and wear and tear on the mechanicals
> of the device and you, generally, have a recipe for disaster.

Well, there are no more moving parts for running just SS than there are
for
doing anything with a PC.  It's just disc drives and fans.  It's
the
software that's generally buggy, although HDDs die regularly.

> Now think
> how many sub-systems rely on that one item and you get my point,
instead
> of one item being out of commission, several are!

Point taken, and I agree totally.

> TBH Andy, I use my PC's for a variety of things and I don't have a
> problem with that at all in the main and the best of luck to those
who
> do use them for the likes of video editing or whatever, personally
I
> don't think that the Windows OS is best suited to that task
particularly
> where you have to run other apps alongside it.

Agreed, but it is the only single-box solution at this point in time.

Andy



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