I've been using a SB Classic and Transporter for 5 or 6 years and find it to be pretty much set it and forget it. Problems have been virtually non-existent.
It takes a minor degree of computer skill to get the initial setup done, but I'd say not much more than setting up your iPod with iTunes.
The payback has been far greater than the learning curve involved, which I'd say is probably more of a paradigm shift than learning curve.
I agree that gauging a device's ease and reliability by posters to product forums is like asking a cop how crime in his precinct is, you'll always see a concentration of somewhat jaded opinion.
It takes a minor degree of computer skill to get the initial setup done, but I'd say not much more than setting up your iPod with iTunes.
The payback has been far greater than the learning curve involved, which I'd say is probably more of a paradigm shift than learning curve.
I agree that gauging a device's ease and reliability by posters to product forums is like asking a cop how crime in his precinct is, you'll always see a concentration of somewhat jaded opinion.