Paul Thurrott Reviews Windows Home Server

By on November 2, 2007 in Software, Windows Home Server

If you remain to be convinced by Windows Home Server, Paul Thurrott’s review offers an enthusiastic, yet balanced view of its strengths and weaknesses… thanks for the shout-out, Paul.

Overall, WHS is a wonderful solution for problems you never knew you had. But make no mistake, these are very real problems that need to be addressed, and WHS does so in spectacular fashion. I’m looking forward to what the Home Server team does next, but even now in this initial release, they’ve spun some magic. Anyone who doubts whether innovation is alive and well at Microsoft simply needs to take a look at this product. Highly recommended.

More info: winsupersite.com


Enjoyed this post? Share it.

If you enjoyed reading this post, then why not share it with your friends and followers?

About Terry Walsh

Terry Walsh is the founding editor and owner of We Got Served. Since February 2007, the site has provided detailed coverage and analysis of the emerging home server category, and has subsequently grown into a trusted outlet for digital home news and reviews.
View all posts by Terry Walsh →

Sign Up for WGS Daily News

If you don't want to miss out on the latest news from We Got Served, why not subscribe to our daily digest? You'll get the day's headlines and a short summary of each news item delivered straight to your inbox each morning.

, , , , , ,

  • http://gcoupe.spaces.live.com Geoff Coupe

    Thurrott’s review is the only one I’ve seen that picks up on the fact that despite Microsoft trumpeting that WHS allows you to remotely access “any” home computer, you need to have the top end versions of XP and Vista in order to do so. I find this very irksome (see http://gcoupe.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6AA39937A982345B!4387.entry ) and misleading marketing at its worst.

  • Jim

    Surely you’re not surprised. MS is doing what they’re good at and that is using integration to sell more products and convince people to upgrade. To many end users it doesn’t sit well with them but from a business point of view you have to admire the way they pull it off so well. Capitalism at it’s best.

    For me though I’m more interested in how the market responds to WHS. WHS is pricey considering you need to factor in the hardware. I’ll be shocked if there’s not a good response from the Linux community. Apple will likely not jump into the ring with anything except whatever they can make their Macs do in combination with an Airport Extreme. Neither Linux nor Apple may not end up having very full featured solutions but remember they only have to make them good enough. Something that MS has done for years with most of their products.