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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (10431)	12/10/2005 5:00:42 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) of 19790

i don't think iTunes is anywhere as close as MSFT is to a viable living room strategy. the latest iteration of the iMac introduces an inferior version of Windows Media Center Edition. the problem is, Apple wants to make you buy a Mac, and the Mac is of course an overpriced piece of crap as recognized by 97% of computer owners worldwide. if Apple would simply offer a thin client A/V interface (connected to the home's AVR) that allowed iTunes on a PC to function as a media server to the thin client, they would have a great product. but Apple is not doing that. they are saying, buy an iMac. most people will say, fark that. by contrast, MCE05 is already a media server, and the Xbox 360 is a thin client (MC Extender) which gives you access to everything in your My Documents folder in your living room (through your networked Xbox 360). this is a Tivo equivalent plus full on music, photo, etc. server. and no expensive service fee like Tivo. btw, the newest generation of AVRs provides decent iPod interfacing. e.g., the HK 140/240/340, which have a serviceable iPod "bridge" product.

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