Can other Operating Systems besides Windows XP be used?
You have the option of buying the computer with no OS (operating system) and then installing whichever OS you wish. For instance using some version of Linux plus whatever music server software that would run on it if that were your choice. In theory you might even be able to put the Mac OS on it if you so chose—however we have never attempted to do that and we don’t recommend going the “Hackintosh” route as it violates the Apple OS X EULA (software agreement) and obviously is completely unsupported. We do not recommend using Vista as it has been superseded by Win 7. However Windows 7 with J. River Media Center music server software is another combination that you could choose but we have not yet tested it ourselves. From all of the testing that has been done so far though the best sound quality is currently being made with Windows XP if the setup is precisely done to optimize sound quality. Although having said that there is no reason why Linux couldn’t be as good given the right softw
