Actually, If I recall correctly, the ZapStation has a custom designed Audio Section, that was designed and built by Harmon International (Harmon Kardon). I am fairly certain the sound quality is far superior to "normal" computer auido.
I have heard XM radio. It is very good. The variety is excellent - Everything from Stand-up Comedy (uncensored) to kids programming to most music stylings. The quality is great (real CD quality - not lossy like mp3), and the system I heard has a 45 second buffer, so if you do go through a tunnel or the like, your music dosen't stop (unless it is a really long tunnel).
Besides, even at 10 bucks a month, it is still cheaper than buying a new CD every 4 or 5 weeks.
The only time price matters is when you are talking about recouping your investment. I have worked with a few financial companies, and if this thing can give them a bit better performance, than the cost will be made up in days or weeks.
I look at this product as akin to Windows 2000 datacenter, a product which costs at least 500k on a 32 way system (from Compaq).
This is the time to look at a product like this and say "Wow, if they can sell it to companies who have traditionally run mainframes, MVS, VMS or some "Big" unix, than it is good for Linux"
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Actually, If I recall correctly, the ZapStation has a custom designed Audio Section, that was designed and built by Harmon International (Harmon Kardon). I am fairly certain the sound quality is far superior to "normal" computer auido.
I have heard XM radio. It is very good. The variety is excellent - Everything from Stand-up Comedy (uncensored) to kids programming to most music stylings. The quality is great (real CD quality - not lossy like mp3), and the system I heard has a 45 second buffer, so if you do go through a tunnel or the like, your music dosen't stop (unless it is a really long tunnel).
Besides, even at 10 bucks a month, it is still cheaper than buying a new CD every 4 or 5 weeks.
-Jeff
The only time price matters is when you are talking about recouping your investment. I have worked with a few financial companies, and if this thing can give them a bit better performance, than the cost will be made up in days or weeks.
I look at this product as akin to Windows 2000 datacenter, a product which costs at least 500k on a 32 way system (from Compaq).
This is the time to look at a product like this and say "Wow, if they can sell it to companies who have traditionally run mainframes, MVS, VMS or some "Big" unix, than it is good for Linux"
-Jeff