As revealed last week, today’s attendees of the HP/MS First Look Webcast for the HP Mediasmart Server received a $20 discount voucher for use at amazon.com.
Update: Amazon have now published the voucher code for all buyers - use the following coupon when you check out: 5KUHQHRB
The Q&A from today’s webcast was posted bu a user on the Microsoft Forums.
If you’ve not registered yet, here are the dates:
Friday, November 9th at 1:00PM-2:00PM (PT), 4:00-5:00PM (ET)
Guest: Rob Enderle (hyperlink to: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7602444)
Tuesday November 27th at 10:00AM-11:00AM (PT), 1:00PM-2:00PM (ET)
Guest: Paul Thurrott (hyperlink to: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7602638)
Thursday, November 29th at 8:00AM-9:00AM (PT), 11:00AM-12:00PM (ET)
Guest: Ed Bott (hyperlink to: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7602788)
November 9th, 2007 at 9:01 am
How about buying a HP mediasmart in the UK? Amazon.com don’t ship here so is there any prospect of amazon.co.uk selling them soon?
November 9th, 2007 at 11:10 am
HP state on the Q&A: “The bottom drive [500GB] has the WHS OS on it and shouldn’t be swapped out. All three other drives can be swapped out with larger drives as needed”
So how can you possibly put 4TB in the box (9TB total) as they are quoting?
November 9th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Allan, I recently emailed HP UK and got
“In response to your query regarding the HP Media smart Server EX470/EX475, We do not have a due date at this present time for the launch of this product I would advise to check are website on a weekly basis for updates for the lunch date.”
Can’t wait for my free lunch
November 9th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Hi Allan
HP will be selling the Mediasmart Server in the UK from December, in John Lewis, PC World and Micro Anvika
Cheers
Terry
November 9th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Hi Ben
I guess you would have to swap out the bottom drive, and reinstall the server…..
November 9th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Hello Terry
That is what I assumed too
Cheers
Ben
November 9th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
It appears that the promotion code is now generally available to anyone who visits the product page on amazon.com. I already had my order in place (I couldn’t wait), so I had to cancel and re-order to get the extra $20 off. It didn’t change their shipping estimate, but I suspect I did lose my place in line. We’ll see if I regret that later!