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<blockquote data-quote="doveman" data-source="post: 834908" data-attributes="member: 67412"><p>I'm afraid I just don't see it as practical to spend several hundred pounds building a PC and then only use it for HTPC. I'm sure there's dedicated boxes that are cheaper, smaller and use less power but the advantage of a HTPC to me is being able to use it for other stuff. If I was using a £25 Rasberry PI I wouldn't mind, but I'm not.</p><p></p><p>I actually see Virtualbox/VMWare (apart from this latency issue with VMware) as beneficial, as it means I can install most non-HTPC related stuff in the virtual machine, avoiding the risk of it interfering with the HTPC software or overwriting some essential file with an incompatible version.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, I've not noticed any latency problems with Virtualbox (I can't play any online video in my XP guest though, which is why I installed VMware). I just can't believe that software like VMware (and Outpost Security Suite) gets released in a state where it causes latency issues, which isn't just a problem for MediaPortal users.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doveman, post: 834908, member: 67412"] I'm afraid I just don't see it as practical to spend several hundred pounds building a PC and then only use it for HTPC. I'm sure there's dedicated boxes that are cheaper, smaller and use less power but the advantage of a HTPC to me is being able to use it for other stuff. If I was using a £25 Rasberry PI I wouldn't mind, but I'm not. I actually see Virtualbox/VMWare (apart from this latency issue with VMware) as beneficial, as it means I can install most non-HTPC related stuff in the virtual machine, avoiding the risk of it interfering with the HTPC software or overwriting some essential file with an incompatible version. Yeah, I've not noticed any latency problems with Virtualbox (I can't play any online video in my XP guest though, which is why I installed VMware). I just can't believe that software like VMware (and Outpost Security Suite) gets released in a state where it causes latency issues, which isn't just a problem for MediaPortal users. [/QUOTE]
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