Every once in a while, a product comes along that makes you stop and check where you were when you first saw it. At the “Connecting Your Wold Event” in Berlin this week, HP announced one of those products – the HP Touchsmart IQ500. We got a chance to get hands on with it this week.
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Hands-On: Hush HS1 Home Server
Back in November, German manufacturer Hush announced that they would be releasing a Windows Home Server system, the Hush HS1. It’s certainly the most beautiful home server hardware we’ve tested, but it’s also one of the most expensive – after a long wait, we finally had a chance to test it out in the real world this week.
Hands-On: Tranquil PC T7-HDx Storage Device
The World’s first Windows Home Server has a new friend to play with. We took a look at how well they play together.
Hands-On: Fujitsu-Siemens SCALEO 1900 Home Server
Model: SCALEO 1900 Home Server Manufacturer: Fujitsu-Siemens Price: £469.99 Website: www.fujitsu-siemens-shop.co.uk Despite the fact that we’re almost six months into the general availability of Windows Home Server, one of the most worrying statistics that must be keeping Microsoft awake at night is that HP are the only major [...]
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Hands-On: Chenbro ES34069 Home Server Chassis
Model: Chenbro ES34069 Manufacturer: Chenbro Price: £175 (inc VAT) More Info: www.mini-itx.com With only a few OEMs releasing dedicated Windows Home Server systems to the market, many enthusiasts have taken it upon themselves to build their own home servers, either through recycling old systems and components lying around the house (Windows Home Server’s hardware [...]
mControl for Windows Home Server – Automate Your Home
One area we’ve not really featured to date here at WGS is Home Automation – it’s a pretty specialist area with a large following in the Media Center community, I know, but Embedded Automation’s mControl for Windows Home Server now brings the potential to control your digital home directly from your home server. The mControl Editor [...]
Hands-On: Leo Computer Piranha Home Server
Model: Piranha Home Server Manufacturer: LEO Computer Website: http://www.leo-computer.de/ Price: TBC Whilst Windows Home Server may very much be a product of the United States (supported by some of their friends over at Microsoft China), it has been Europe that has led the way developing and launching hardware systems for the platform. Within Europe, [...]
Tranquil PC T2-WHS-A3 Harmony Home Server – Hands-On Review
Model: T2-WHS-A3 Harmony Home Server Manufacturer: Tranquil PC Website: http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/ Telephone: +44 (0)845 555 7788 Price: £299 + P&P (ex VAT) When they come to write the history of Windows Home Server, Tranquil PC will be named as the first manufacturer to release a WHS system into the market, beating a number of [...]
Norco DS-520: Hands-On Review
Model: Norco DS-520G Manufacturer: Norco Website: www.norcotek.com Price: $729 excl. OS and RAM (USA) Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the chance to put a few Windows Home Server systems through their paces. Firstly, the British engineering of Tranquil PC which came in the form of the T7-HSA, a small and silent home server [...]
HP MediaSmart Server EX475 – Hands On Review
Model: HP MediaSmart Server EX475 Manufacturer: HP Website: www.hp.com Price: $749 (US) £499 (UK) Update: The HP MediaSmart Server EX487 is now available, which supercedes this model. Check out our Hands On Review here! How many great companies do you know? Take a look around right now – who made your computer, the furniture in [...]
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