Looks like the Japanese are gearing up for a big launch of Windows Home Server on the 29th September.
This week, large posters were put up around parts of Tokyo in advance of a midnight launch of the product in Akiharbara.
Meanwhile, are already taking pre-orders of the product, which is being sold in OEM form, bundled with a floppy drive or hard disk for 26,800 Yen (£114).
Windows Home Server hardware is also now available for purchase online in Japan, including some pretty powerful specs:
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Clevery Midi Tower Core2 Duo WHSCPU: Core2 Duo E6750 [2.66GHz/FSB1333MHz/L 24 MB/DualCore] Memory: 2GB (1GBx2) [DDR2/PC6400/CL5 permanent guarantee manufacturer make] Hard Disk: 500GB [SerialATAII/7200rpm/16MB] x2 USB: USB2.0 x2 (front) USB2.0 x4 (rear) |
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eX.computer AeroMini M20J-7340P/HSCPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 (1.8 GHz) Memory: 1024Mb PC5300 DDR2-SDRAM (512MB×2) Hard Disk: 160Gb ATA Network: Gigabit Ethernet USB: USB 2.0 x 4 |
Let’s hope there’s as much build up elsewhere around the world!
Source: Microsoft Japan
September 24th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
That Clevery Midi Tower is fascinating. I particularly fancy its inclusion of a DVD-RW drive (option?) and front USB along with other super specs. I want one of those.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Isn’t bundling the OEM software with a floppy drive or hard disk illegal? I thought OEM was only meant to be sold with a new *computer* - not parts of it. That is certainly the case with normal Windows OS’s and has been for about 2 or 3 years now.