Got a NetBook! What does everyone use to stream music?

[generx]

I recently bought the 3-lb. 10-inch 1000HE Netbook to use around the house and for travel (GREAT battery life BTW, a solid 8+ hours and not the 9.5 hours advertised but I often run a lot of apps) The new chiclet-style keyboard is very much like my Macbook..

It was $350 shipped including a 2GB memory upgrade from ZipZomFly with no mail-in rebate crap but I guess people are getting them from FleaBay for around $325 in case anyone is interested.

I considered getting the Roku Soundbridge but it doesn’t support AAC/iTunes, conversely the Airport Express does not support non-iTunes music. Ideally, I’d like to be able to stream anything –iTunes, Pandora, etc. from the laptop to my home stereo. I also have music scattered on other machines. The Sonos bundles cost too much, may as well get a dedicated Media Server for that price so I’m also looking at around a $200 pricepoint (or a bit more)

Just wondering what everyone else is using. Any recommendations would be great…even hack jobs.

[bmwman3241]

Originally Posted by generx

I recently bought the 3-lb. 10-inch 1000HE Netbook to use around the house and for travel (GREAT battery life BTW, a solid 8+ hours and not the 9.5 hours advertised but I often run a lot of apps) The new chiclet-style keyboard is very much like my Macbook..

It was $350 shipped including a 2GB memory upgrade from ZipZomFly with no mail-in rebate crap but I guess people are getting them from FleaBay for around $325 in case anyone is interested.

I considered getting the Roku Soundbridge but it doesn’t support AAC/iTunes, conversely the Airport Express does not support non-iTunes music. Ideally, I’d like to be able to stream anything –iTunes, Pandora, etc. from the laptop to my home stereo. I also have music scattered on other machines. The Sonos bundles cost too much, may as well get a dedicated Media Server for that price so I’m also looking at around a $200 pricepoint (or a bit more)

Just wondering what everyone else is using. Any recommendations would be great…even hack jobs.

The airport express plays any music as long as you transfer it into iTunes and are playing it through itunes. I works very good for me.