 HP's mediasmart server, What a rip off |
| HP's mediasmart server, What a rip off |
 Jan 16 2008, 11:48 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16859105382
I mean seriously, this is price gouging. I would maybe be willing to pay that much for one if it came with a RAID 1 setup or something like that. But why couldn't they have just configured something like this with Windows Home Server? It would only come out to $20 more and be more than twice the system. Or maybe charge less. There's no reason for a computer with a sempron processor and 512 of RAM to cost that much. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jan 16 2008, 01:21 PM
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You're paying for the WHS. And with WHS you don't need raid setups. It automatically sees all the drives added together as one large drive.
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Jan 16 2008, 01:25 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 519 Joined: 27-June 07 Member No.: 1,288 |
What's it do?
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Jan 16 2008, 01:40 PM
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QUOTE (2wolUTT @ Jan 16 2008, 01:25 PM) What's it do? http://www.techsans.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5197 -------------------- |
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Jan 16 2008, 01:41 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
A buddy of mine (with a wife and kids) uses it and swears by it. The main features are how it "pools" all the drives into one big drive, and the automatic backup of other computers on the network. He likes it for his kids computer's, as when they mess them up (which they do) he can go to the server and just click a button to restore them to the backed up state. It also supposedly has a really easy media sharing setup, as well as a remote web interface to access all of the stored media. I believe this web interface also allows you to create individual users. I.e. if you just uploaded new pictures & home videos of little johnny, grandma and grandpa can log in from timbuktu and see them.
IMHO it's not that big of a deal for someone who knows how to manually do all these things. But I can see how it would be very useful for a family who may not know how/want to bother with micro-managing & configuring several different applications/computers/routers, and easily share media with others. |
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Jan 16 2008, 03:50 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jan 16 2008, 01:21 PM) You're paying for the WHS. And with WHS you don't need raid setups. It automatically sees all the drives added together as one large drive. WHS is only $30 than XP Pro that the second system comes with. This post has been edited by pebkac: Jan 16 2008, 03:51 PM -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jan 16 2008, 04:41 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Oh well. It doesn't look like that dramatic of a difference between the two comps but I guess that's just me.
PC1 = 1.8GHz 64 bit AMD proc, 512MB ram, 500GB HD, WHS, $599 PC2 = 1.8GHz 64 bit Intel proc, 512MB ram, 80GB HD, Win XP, $559 I guess I just don't see it as some kinda blatant price gouging. /shrug |
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Jan 16 2008, 04:56 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jan 16 2008, 05:03 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Well there ya go. By that token, both the PCs you posted earlier are price gouging
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