05-01-06: Glitch947I agree. Where computer based audio has a way to go is in its visual/industrial design, and ease of set-up. Make it attractive to see. Make it fit in a rack, or look appropriate in a living room, and make it plug-and-play without the necessity to manage files, hard drives, etc.
Nothing beats the add-on capability of hard-drives in computer towers or external drives for laptops, and most certainly NOTHING beats the graphic interface of a mouse and monitor for navigating your vast library of music.
Make it friendly for non-techies. That's when computer based audio will explode and become the Second Coming of the audio hobby.