For a good example of what a Windows Home Server (WHS) appliance can be, take a look at the HP MediaSmart Server. The device, designed primarily for use as a network-attached storage (NAS) unit for ...

This is a topic that could fit into several forums, but my end desire is to watch videos (probably mostly on an iPhone but also on computer or iPad in the future). So I'm going to try this forum first ...

Waiting to pull the trigger on a home server? OfficeMax has the HP MediaSmart for $299, which is a pretty enticing deal. The machine itself is outfitted with a 64-bit AMD Sempron CPU, 512MB of RAM, ...

Earlier this year, I looked at a beta release of Windows Home Server and called it a “home run” for Microsoft. This week, Hewlett Packard announced that it would begin taking orders for its new ...

I’m a huge fan of Microsoft's Windows Home Server OS, the very capable and easy-to-use consumer server software. But the only Windows Home Server-based hardware I’ve had a chance to play around with ...

HP's 1.5TB MediaSmart Server ex487 (and its smaller 750GB sibling, the ex485) were just announced hours ago, but that hasn't stopped a few lucky reviewers from putting their hands-on pictures and ...

First off, we should clarify that this v2.5 update is only for HP's latest MediaSmart Servers, the ex487 and ex485. HP informed us that the prior models simply lacked the horsepower and RAM to handle ...

Bowing to burgeoning sales of Macintosh computers to North American consumers, Hewlett-Packard Co. is adapting its latest MediaSmart Windows home servers to back up customers’ Mac computers using the ...

For a good example of what a Windows Home Server (WHS) appliance can be, take a look at the HP MediaSmart Server. The device, designed primarily for use as a network-attached storage (NAS) unit for ...

So how does a run of the mill NAS on steroid sound? Well, that's basically what Microsoft and HP have thrown together. First, it has a faster processor than my HP laptop, with the server packing a ...