Comments on: Acer vs HP – the $399 Home Server Smackdown

By: Sheet Plastic :

Sheet Plastic : — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:08:06 +0000

acer laptops are some of the best brands of laptops that you can buy*.`

By: Blond Angel

Blond Angel — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:25:24 +0000

there was a blog where a user bought an acer and he had to call customer support and none of the support has ever heard of the home server. At least HP know what an home server is…

By: ShadowVlican

ShadowVlican — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:52:51 +0000

Acer ftw! why would a WHS be limited to a single drive?

By: Delvin

Delvin — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:22:15 +0000

Acer all the way!

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:57:18 +0000

Of course HP is stil supporting these products, we are only annoyed for not having the previous version being included in the recent free feature updates for the 2009 version of the MSS. We shouldn't confuse support with free new features, still I agree they should have been made avialable to the older hardware also. Not sure about the Acer question.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:12:42 +0000

be careful buying an HP WHS, especially if you want short-to-mid term software support.

By: DPT

DPT — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:54:28 +0000

HP, HP's software is better and keeps getting better. From what I've seen Acer doesn't even have a update mechanism of thier own, I guess Acer users won't have to complain about missing out on a Acer update

By: Duane

Duane — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:19:05 +0000

After reading both of the reviews, I would have to go for the Acer based just on storage capacity/storage options. I just don't see how you can have a home server with just 1 hard drive. If Acer can come out with a model with some of the media features that HP has I think it will blow the HP away.

I can definately understand the people burned by HP.Defiantely not the smartest thing to do if you want people coming back. Looking at the replies here I did not see anybody saying they would go back to HP. Can't blame them.

I used my old Dell Poweredge for my homeserver with Subsonic to stream my music which works great. I was considering a HP before finding out what has happened to existing MSS owners.

By: MediaSmart Server LX195 roundup

MediaSmart Server LX195 roundup — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:11:42 +0000

[...] you can start with part 1 here. He’s also got a poll running, asking if users prefer the LX195 or the Acer easyStore, so be sure to chime in with your [...]

By: BillyC

BillyC — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:18:26 +0000

Acer! I’m a very disappointed less than one year old HP MediaSmart EX475. I will do my absolute best to never purchase either personally or professionally a HP product. I will also encourage all friends, family and business colleagues to take the same position. Shame on HP! HP you won’t burn me again!!!

By: EddyKilowatt

EddyKilowatt — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:30:29 +0000

I'm buying (or hopefully building) a server in the next month, and I have to say HP would need to knock $100 or so off the LX195 price in order to compete on a price/performance basis.

And that's not even taking into account whatever it is they've apparently done to make their customer service in this niche as bad as their customer service in other consumer segments.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:16:01 +0000

Done deal for me…. ordered the Acer