Looks like Amazon.co.uk have opened the doors for UK pre-ordering of the HP Mediasmart Server. The 1TB EX475 system is now up on the site and available to order for £456.61 - shipping is allegedly in 1-2 weeks. Get your orders in quick! Play.com are also listing the unit, but for the full price of £499. Thanks to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Interesting to see that Amazon.com is now stating that the two HP Mediasmart Server models EX470 (500Gb) and EX475 (1Tb) are respectively the number 1 and 2 best-selling systems in their Computers range, on their first day of release. Better get your pre-order in quickly!
Continue reading...Monday, November 5, 2007
Note the use of the condition tense here, but this week HP confirmed that those in the US attending this month’s HP Mediasmart Server webcasts may be eligible for a rebate when they pre-order the system from online retailers in the first few days of release. I’m going to quote their PR guys verbatim here, so [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 5, 2007
Today’s a very busy day of Windows Home Server annoucements - let’s start with the big news. HP are announcing today that their two HP Mediasmart Home Server systems, the 500Gb EX470 and 1Tb EX475, are available to pre-order today (Monday, November 5th) exclusively at a number of major US online retailers - amazon.com, buy.com, circuitcity.com and compusa.com. These retailers [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 25, 2007
Woody Leonhard’s “Windows Home Server for Dummies” will be published in late November. However, if you’re itching for a preview of what’s in-store, Windows Secrets is offering a download of two chapters of the book in e-book form. (You do have to register on this site, and, in Radiohead style, offer a voluntary financial contribution depending on [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 7, 2007
Whilst browsing in Borders late last week, I noticed the first available Windows Home Server book lurking in between two hardcore Windows Server 2003 manuals. Windows Home Server Unleashed, by Paul McFedries, is a huge book running over 912 pages with an exhaustive overview of setting up, configuring and maintaining your home server, as well as [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 28, 2007
Further to my earlier post regarding online availability of Windows Home Server OEM at various online stores, Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk both now have the product listed on their websites. Amazon have stock via two of their Marketplace sellers (at $178), whilst Amazon.co.uk are still awaiting stock here in the UK. Order: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
Continue reading...Thursday, September 27, 2007
Jungle Disk is a new commercial add-in for Windows Home Server which provides an online backup solution for your home server, utilising Amazon’s S3 storage service. The software has been available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for over a year and will be released for Windows Home Server later in the autumn. Pricing for the add-in has [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The German edition of Windows Home Server OEM is now available to pre-order at amazon.de for (the relatively high) sum of EUR 193,99 (£131.73). They’re stating 4-6 weeks for delivery. No activity at Amazon’s other sites just yet.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
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