Comments on: HP EX490 MediaSmart Server Available in UK October 15th at £429

By: HP EX490 Available in the UK – But NO EX495 « MS Windows Home Server

HP EX490 Available in the UK – But NO EX495 « MS Windows Home Server — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:41:16 +0000

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By: LostHPcustomer

LostHPcustomer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:12:40 +0000

Shame on you, HP! Just when I thought you can't be more stupid than not to not sell the EX480/485 line of MSS you just add up to it with also not selling the EX495 in Europe.
I seriously hope you rethink that ridiculously insane decision again and give your customers the choice. What the heck are you afraid of???

By: RobE

RobE — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:22 +0000

Arrived today! Really impressed.

Droped in a Intel Pentium Dual Core E5400 @ 2.7GHz and running well so far.

By: RobE

RobE — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:40:57 +0000

Just ordered mine from HP. Used voucher code "save10hp" and it came to £390. Should be available in 2 weeks.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:25:12 +0000

@trt

Amazon US has the EX495 at $691 – £422 at the exchange rate of £1 – $1.636 at the time of typing (17/10/09. (the EX490 is $539 – £329).

So HP are charging £100 more in the UK for the EX490, though I guess the actual difference is less when considering taxes/VAT being included in the UK price and not in the US.

Based on the wegotserved product review of the EX475, it was sold in the UK for £499. I would quite happily pay that much for the EX495.

What's thrown me is that the EX490 is retailing for £429 – as I remember, the same as the original EX470. So I can't understand why HP don't want to or can't sell the EX495 for £499 or less – the same price as the EX475. Perhaps the difference of CPU is enough to cut their profit margins significantly – whatever the reason, it means I won't be buying a Home Server for the time being (admittedly I wouldn't pay more than £499 for the EX495 ).

I'll hold out for the EX495, or if it doesn't come to the UK within the next 6 months, the next product refresh (and hopefully WHS v2).

By: Giz

Giz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:21:24 +0000

Any Signs of Stock being available Yet?
checked retailers but most are saying Nov 1st if at all???

By: trt

trt — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:23:25 +0000

suspect it'll be to do with the poor dollar rate.

hp probably think the UK market won't bear the price they'd have to charge – so they won't sell enough to the cover the costs to support the different hardware.

or to put it another way they probably can't make enough margin on what the majority of people will be willing to pay for the 495.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:46:11 +0000

See, I was right to not vote for HP a few months ago in that poll/awards thing !!

By: Phat Git

Phat Git — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:56:45 +0000

Cheers Malcolm
Will do that tomorrow. Probably go for the 1TB, then add my own HDD as the WD Green !TBs are only about £55 + VAT at the moment
Alan

By: Phat Git

Phat Git — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:50:57 +0000

Alastair
Had a quick look at the Tranquil web site, and no mention of Mac integration or Amazon S3. But would suggest going on and asking the question. They answered my questions quickly. It comes with iTunes Server and Logitech server installed. Also works the Sonos and XBox 360.
Alan

By: @alastairweller

@alastairweller — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:50:58 +0000

Are any of the Tranquil offerings at the same sort of level as the MediaSmart (ie Mac OS X integration, iTunes, Amazon S3 etc)?

Alastair

By: Malcolm Hegarty

Malcolm Hegarty — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:27:11 +0000

I've ordered the mid-range X510 (2TB version ) and have got it for the current price on the HP web site (i.e. £516 ex-VAT) and there is an additional delivery charge which in my case is £7.50 + VAT. If you want other versions I think you will probably be able to get them for the price on the HP web site (1TB is £420 ex-VAT and 3TB is £600 ex-VAT) but you would need to confirm this with Tony.