http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/ Engadget Comments for Velocity Micro Home Server based on Windows Home Server http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/Jul 19th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/Jul 19th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/Jul 19th 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/
unless, of course, you're stupid. if that's the case, you probably shouldnt play with gadgets to begin with... :P]]>Jul 19th 2007 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/Jul 19th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/
unless, of course, you're stupid... :P]]>Jul 19th 2007 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/ Oh, I think there are reasons. I've got about 4 machines in my room alone (of course they're rarely all on at once). NAS has become an necesity, and my little 10/100mbps box from ADS serves well enough. It's even got a built in Bittorrent client. Trouble is I want to access my email+schedule from all my machines and have everything remain synched up. You need Exchange for that. But Exchange won't run on my NAS box. True I could build a system myself, maybe even ITX based, slap Windows on it and call it a day. But if I did it in a cost effective way (old parts) I'd end up with a full sized, noisy, power hungry system. If I built it from new parts it would cost too much. I could even buy something like an Aopen system, but it would probably STILL cost more than this device will, and provide me with functionality that I don't need but still have to pay for.

In short the reason people will buy systems like this is the same reason they call out for pizza. It's cheap, it's easy, and it satisfies your immediate needs.

So, you know...4 star home cooked meal...Round Table combo #5...to each their own...]]>Jul 19th 2007 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/velocity-micro-home-server-based-on-windows-home-server/
2) I too have beta tested WHS for months now, and it's decent software. However, rumor has it that MS will force you to buy a prebuilt machine to get your hands on WHS. If that's the case, they can go screw themselves (like the folks at Cablelabs), and I'll just stick with Linux for my centralized home media server needs.

3) FYI saintrobyn >>> remote access to your home computers has been around for decades. My current suggestion is Hamachi for your Windows and *nix boxes:
https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

g'day.

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Friend: "DUDE! A projector! Let's watch a flick!".

Me: "Um no, that's my new Velocity Micro Home Server (tm)!!!!"

Friend: "oh..."
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