11-23-2007, 02:54 AM
Never tried it until tonight. Worked great.
I brought a Buffalo G-125 router to the folks house. They don't have anything wireless but I brought along the laptop to surf instead of having to sit at the desk and their B&W. The router and DSL modem loved each other from the get-go. The newer software that Buffalo is using with the current routers is even smarter than the stuff from last year.
Their B&W has the latest iTunes with maybe a few hundred songs in Apple Lossless format.
What impressed me most was how song selection and playback happened instantly on the laptop, seemingly faster than if I was using the B&W's own iTunes. The B&W's old, but still nice Western Digital 128GB 8MB cache hard disk probably doesn't hurt here either.
I may have to see about keeping a B&W as an ITunes server. That is, until the next important iTunes update requires Leopard ...
But walking a laptop around as an iTunes player really isn't in the cards I don't think. An AirPort Express hooked up to their stereo, and a remote control like the Keyspan TuneView http://www.keyspan.com/products/tvu200c/homepage.spml might be however.
(And yes I know they have a cheaper remote but having an iTunes display on the remote seem pretty nice.)
I brought a Buffalo G-125 router to the folks house. They don't have anything wireless but I brought along the laptop to surf instead of having to sit at the desk and their B&W. The router and DSL modem loved each other from the get-go. The newer software that Buffalo is using with the current routers is even smarter than the stuff from last year.
Their B&W has the latest iTunes with maybe a few hundred songs in Apple Lossless format.
What impressed me most was how song selection and playback happened instantly on the laptop, seemingly faster than if I was using the B&W's own iTunes. The B&W's old, but still nice Western Digital 128GB 8MB cache hard disk probably doesn't hurt here either.
I may have to see about keeping a B&W as an ITunes server. That is, until the next important iTunes update requires Leopard ...
But walking a laptop around as an iTunes player really isn't in the cards I don't think. An AirPort Express hooked up to their stereo, and a remote control like the Keyspan TuneView http://www.keyspan.com/products/tvu200c/homepage.spml might be however.
(And yes I know they have a cheaper remote but having an iTunes display on the remote seem pretty nice.)