Windows Home Server (WHS)

I did a review of the beta release of WHS back in March, and now it seems that it has finally it the market. WHS is a nice product that simplifies the process of backups and acts as a central repository for all your photos, music, moves. The beta was very simple to install and extremely easy to connect client computer to the server (inserting a CD). HP delayed their release of the product as they were adding custom software to connect to some of their other software.

From HP

MediaSmart, which won’t ship until later this month, is priced at US$599 with 500GB of storage, or $749 with a terabyte of disk space. Those prices were identical to the listings leaked by Amazon.com in late August.

Although this is more of a niche product that niche has been growing lately, 50% of homes have at least two PCs and 25% have more than three. Although I personally use a Linux server for all my needs, this is a very nice product from Microsoft (I know I can’t believe I said it either)

Source: PCWorld

Tags: computer, microsoft, tech, WHS

This has to be one of the coolest things have seen recently, although I did see a commercial for the iPhone last night. But this is on a much bigger scale than an iPhone. I’ll let the video explain more.

Source: Arstechnica
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Tags: microsoft, tech

Since I’ve had a little downtime at work I’ve been able to progress more into my review of Windows Home Server. I’ve taken quite a few screenshots so I’ll continue on the next page. Just click below for the rest of the review. (more…)

Tags: microsoft, screenshots, tech, WHS

I’ve taken a few screen shots of the Windows Home Server beta. I haven’t really had time to do much testing with the server. The rest of the screen shots can be seen here.

• Default desktop



• Server console

Tags: microsoft, screenshots, tech, WHS

This weekend I got around to installing the beta for Windows Home Server. Right now I’ve just installed it in a virtual machine. After I updated Vmware to 1.02 the install was very easy. I would have to say easier than installing XP. I didn’t take any screenshots of the install because there was only maybe two steps. I’ll get some screenshots of the desktop and the server interface. I’m also going to install a copy of XP to serve as a client for the server and see how easily it connects and all of the capabilities of the beta.

Tags: IT, microsoft, tech