Executive Summary:
IT pros will want to take a look at HP's MediaSmart Server--if not for work, at least for home server use. Plus, why the Ultra-Mobile PC platform is nothing to get excited about.
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HP MediaSmart Server
Pros: Truly innovative storage platform;
excellent backup and sharing capabilities
Cons: No domain support or integration
with small business solutions
Rating: 4
Recommendation: Although HP’s entry
into the Windows Home Server market
can hardly be called an enterprise-class
solution, it should prove popular with IT
pros in their own homes and with small
businesses looking for a simple and
effectively centralized backup system.
The HP MediaSmart Server, preinstalled
with the Windows Home Server OS,
is innovative on many levels, from the
compact form factor with hot-swap Serial
ATA storage to the streamlined setup
process that guides you past Microsoft’s confusing defaults. MediaSmart Server is
the best home server I’ve seen so far.
Contact: Microsoft • 800-426-9400 •
www.microsoft.com
DI SCUSSION: www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whs_hp.asp
Ultra-Mobile PC
Pros: Compatible with most Windows
software; portable
Cons: Underpowered hardware; small
screen; lack of integrated keyboards
Rating: 3
Recommendation: I desperately wanted
to like the Ultra-Mobile PC, created by
companies such as OQO and Samsung
to Microsoft specifications. But the
devices are too slow and too limited to
take the place of a real mobile computer.
Microsoft’s ultra-mobile software
solutions are quite nice. If the hardware
catches up—which it could with the debut
of a new Intel chipset in early 2008—
then the Ultra-Mobile PC could be just
what the mobile professional ordered.
Contact: Microsoft • 800-426-9400 •
www.microsoft.com
DI SCUSSION: www.winsupersite.com/
reviews/winvista_origami.asp
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