Just wanted to get some opinions and see what results people have been getting. I'm going to set up a touchscreen jukebox using Virtual Jukebox and use a dedicated PC to run it.
My question is with the experience that you may have had with the software, where is my money best spent on the machine. I see Ebay has a guy selling a bunch of p2 400 mhz Gateways for under $100. They have 224 mb of RAM, and a 6 gig HD. My plan was to install Windows 98 on the 6 gig drive, and then add an 80 gig drive that would have the music/VJB/covers etc. I'll probably also add a nice soundcard with RCA line outs (nothing too spendy, just a quality card) to get a good signal out.
I currently don't have a network set up at home, but I figured I could hook the 80 gig drive as a slave on my Athlon 2200+, rip using that machine(using CDDB functions), and then transfer that drive to the jukebox machine when its done.
If I stick a couple hundred albums on there with covers, will I start to experience problems (slowdowns, etc.) with that machine? Or should it work being as there is a good amount of RAM in there.
I appreciate any input, I just want to get some opinions and experiences before I start to pull out the CC. I don't mind spending the money to get good, seemless performance, but at the same time, don't want to get more machine than I need to.