So, my guess is that people aren’t going to be queuing up at CompUSA and PC World for it in the autumn, but people all over the world are trying out Windows Home Server, and are liking what they see. Here’s some recent discoveries from around the web:
OSNews - First Look: Windows Home Server RC1
Overall, WHS seems like a very interesting product, and I hope Microsoft and its hardware partners can keep the cost of the hardware for WHS down, so that it is affordable for most of us, contrary to what happened with Media Center computers.
Betanews - Download Windows Home Server RC1
Essentially, WHS is a retooled Windows Server 2003, with new services including one that pools multiple hard drive spaces together as an easier-to-manage partition, and browser-based management software whose ambitious goal is to be easy enough to be understood by the same guy who loses his remote under the couch every week.
Krunker.com - Installing Windows Home Server RC
Targeting an August time frame release, Windows Home Server (WHS) is Microsoft’s first major attempt at providing a centralized server solution for the digital home.
Personal Computer World: Windows Home Server gets closer to release
One of the products we’re most looking forward to this year, Windows Home Server (WHS), got a step closer to release recently when it entered the release candidate (RC) stage.
Olav’s Blog: Windows Home Server RC1
I’ve been accepted on the Windows Home Server RC1 test. That’s very exciting to me because I think the product is great. When it was announced I was just thinking “I want that!!”.
DJ Paine: I got served (in a good way)
I am having a love afair with a new software called Windows Home Server. It has been a long time since I was excited about a piece of software. I thought Vista was cool when it came out, but it isn’t exciting. Home Server does all sorts of things I want and it does them well.
So, Windows Home Server - no touchscreen, no 4 day camp-out at Apple store.
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