Ok, so I have everything else in my new set up more less sorted (other than the hours ahead of ripping ablums losslesly) and now Im considering a NAS to prevent the laptop having a lifespan of months rather than 3 or 4 years!
Amazon are doing a pretty good deal on the Netgear ReadyNAS but obviously it wont come preinstalled with the likes of squeezecenter or iTunes. So my question is: how easy is it to install and set up the likes of squeezecenter so that it can operate on the NAS without having the laptop on?
From what I gather iTunes isnt really the problem as long as you install it onto one of the NASs harddrives and direct it to music stored on one of the NASs harddrives.
Help on this would be great. I was interested in the Buffalo Linkstation but when you can get something a little more substantial like the ReadyNAS with a free harddrive for not that much more then it would probably suit better.
Amazon are doing a pretty good deal on the Netgear ReadyNAS but obviously it wont come preinstalled with the likes of squeezecenter or iTunes. So my question is: how easy is it to install and set up the likes of squeezecenter so that it can operate on the NAS without having the laptop on?
From what I gather iTunes isnt really the problem as long as you install it onto one of the NASs harddrives and direct it to music stored on one of the NASs harddrives.
Help on this would be great. I was interested in the Buffalo Linkstation but when you can get something a little more substantial like the ReadyNAS with a free harddrive for not that much more then it would probably suit better.