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HP Officially Announces 40g MP3 Stereo Component
jspectre writes "HP announced their new
de100c "digital entertainment center." Containing a 40g drive and a built in CDRW drive it will store "up to 750 CDs of music" or 9000 tracks. You can make your own playlists and burn them out to CDR/CDRW's. All of this for $999.99. No mention of any digital management controls on the device." I totally need a review model! I saw this thing at the last LinuxWorld and it looked good, but only really playing with it for a few weeks will let me know if it's better then the audiotron that I've been using in my home system.
For a moment I thought this was interesting: A 40 gram MP3 player. But then I realized someone had gotten their units mixed up again.
Seems to happen a lot in the US. *evil grin*
(G = Giga = 10^12, g = gram = 1/1000 of kilogram.)
<GeekBashingJoke>Because some of us live in homes with TWO rooms, where we want to use our computer in our office AND let someone else (like this thing known as a "wife") listen to music. Not everyone lives with our mom and just has to worry about his own room.</GeekBashingJoke>
In any case, you would want it for the same reason you might have a "dedicated" CD player on your stereo stack. Sometimes you want your computer to be your computer, and stereo equipment to be stereo equipment on the rack.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
This is a consumer-entertainment device aimed at a market that's not as adept with computers as the usual /. crowd. It's intended for someone who needs Steve the Dell Computer Kid to tell him what to look for in a PC.
N4st0r, trixx0r h0bb1tz0rz! Th3y st0l3 0ur pr3c10uzz!
As long as it's Linux CmdrTaco will jixx in his pants over it. When the iPod came out he called it lame at $400. This thing costs $1000, is not portable and is basically a PC. I mean you can build one for far less. And I doubt HP will release the software. CmdrTaco is a whore of the worst kind. And I bet it looks like shit.
saru mo ki kara ochiru
Oddly enough, this is not being marketed at people who can build a superior solution, in the same way that the Ford Festiva was not marketed at automotive engineers who owned a machine shop that they used to design and build their own engines...
Any ideas what would be a good MP3 network player with an alarm clock feature? Any links or posts I would really appricate.
Sorry, my subtlety detector is in the shop... Are you ragging on the Ford Festiva? I'm a proud owner of one, that my family gave me back in college (for free!). Amoung the many features:
Great gas mileage (30+ some weeks)
Self-changing oil (Self-draining, just add a quart or two a month!)
Simple radio system (No CD or tape player)
User-provided cronometer (the backlighting for the stereo's LCD display is out)
Ample trunk space (For my laptop and the 12-pack of oil)
Simplified air conditioning (no cooling, only heating)
Multi-terrain capability (roads and sidewalks!)
Daily excercise (no power steering, so your arms get a workout.)
Seats 5 uncomfortably (I'm the only one that rides in it these days...)
I'm sure there are other benefits. It has a few annoyances, but still runs. I can afford a better car, but I can't bring myself to change until this one dies. The thing simply lasts forever without needing maintainace work, so I'll probably have it for another 5-10 years.