Here’s a pic I took this morning in the Microsoft booth at CES of the Windows Home Server powered HP MediaSmart device.
I put my latte next to it so you might be able to appreciate the diminutive size of the device…it’s much smaller than it looks in most pictures. Roughly 9″ tall.
The second pic is of the demo station for Windows Home Server. The picture being displayed on the screen on the right (via an Xbox 360 streaming photos from Windows Home Server) is of my nephew Graham.
- Tig provides free and open office hours to anyone who wants to talk about anything. Free means Tig doesn’t ask for anything in return. Open means open to anyone.
Categories
Search
Top Posts
-
Why Nobody Can Copy Apple Horace Dediu has written another brilliant piece titled... 156.6k views
-
The Job Decision Matrix A Job Decision Matrix will help identify what is actual... 20.5k views
-
Path To Green A Path To Green (PTG) is a clear, crisp, and complete s... 13.5k views
-
You are Thinking of Your Career Trajectory Wrong Most people think about their career trajectory as bein... 10.8k views
-
The 5Ps: Achieving Focus in Any Endeavor Always have a plan. Always. A great, simple, framework... 8.4k views
-
STOP 0xC2 aka BAD_POOL_CALLER Blue Screen and bad memory My computer bluescreened with a STOP 0xC2, BAD_POOL_CAL... 7.9k views
-
Merit Badges – A Mental Model for Success The concept of a Merit Badge comes from the Boy Scouts... 7.2k views
-
Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit Leaders are obligate... 6.9k views
-
Tenets Tenets are a few carefully articulated guiding principl... 6.6k views
-
Work Backwards From The Customer At the 1996 Microsoft Professional Developer Conference... 6k views
-
Customer, Business, Technology, Organization (CBTO) CBTO = Customer + Business + Technology + Organization 5.6k views
-
Retail Pricing, Markup, and Margins Tom’s Hardware is generally really solid. But they shou... 5.4k views
-
One-Way and Two-Way Doors Effective decision-making starts with understanding; in... 4.5k views
-
Paying Developers is A Bad Idea The companies that make the most profit are those who b... 4.4k views
-
Be a Great Reader When an organization has a culture where the written wo... 4.3k views
-
RSS
-
HP has very little value in this product. only media server and administration software
makes it different from other entry-level SOHO servers. But in this area, MS hat a lot to
catch up.
I’ve tried and tested at my home several MS media server solutions, starting from Media
Connect 2.0 and Media Player 11, which has Media Connect 3.0 in his belly.
Problem with MS media servers is that they are really slow and resource (CPU and
RAM) demanding. Forget runing them on old Celeron PC, beefed up with large HDD as
home server. Music interrupts and navigating in huge collections is pain
My favourite media server, having tried many, is TwonkyMedia from TwonkyVision. Good
navigation help thanks to Artist Index and Album Index, plus small footprint.
Recommended!
More on this topic: http://jacksgadgets.blogspot.com/