I'm tempted to give it a whirl, but I don't see why Windows Home Server couldn't have been deployed as a service/management view for any existing Vista installation. I don't like the idea that I might be losing valuable Vista Ultimate features just to gain a web interface.
I just mentioned Vista after looking at the screenshots. If it's really not Vista then sod it, I'm just going to manage my shares without having my hand held. :)
That is to say I expect my media PC to do more than just serve up files. I wouldn't use a server 2003 based OS because I'd like to use the box for casual gaming as well. I'm guessing 2k3 isn't the best choice of platform to do that on.
You can easily play games on Windows 2003, it's just not the best platform for it. Meaning, it will play games just as well as Windows XP, but if you're primary purpose is gaming, you might as well just use XP. Windows 2003 has the audio service disabled by default I believe, but after you enable it and turn hardware acceleration on it will work fine. I imagine Windows Home Server should be perfectly capable of playing games, since it is not an enterprise solution like Windows 2003 is.
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nih @ Aug 19th 2007 9:47PM
I'm tempted to give it a whirl, but I don't see why Windows Home Server couldn't have been deployed as a service/management view for any existing Vista installation. I don't like the idea that I might be losing valuable Vista Ultimate features just to gain a web interface.
grim.inspiration @ Aug 19th 2007 10:30PM
Windows Home Server is built on a stripped down Windows 2003. You might be thinking of Longhorn Server, which will be the Vista version.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070108-8573.html
nih @ Aug 19th 2007 11:15PM
I just mentioned Vista after looking at the screenshots. If it's really not Vista then sod it, I'm just going to manage my shares without having my hand held. :)
nih @ Aug 19th 2007 11:17PM
That is to say I expect my media PC to do more than just serve up files. I wouldn't use a server 2003 based OS because I'd like to use the box for casual gaming as well. I'm guessing 2k3 isn't the best choice of platform to do that on.
DAZA @ Aug 20th 2007 8:43AM
You can easily play games on Windows 2003, it's just not the best platform for it. Meaning, it will play games just as well as Windows XP, but if you're primary purpose is gaming, you might as well just use XP. Windows 2003 has the audio service disabled by default I believe, but after you enable it and turn hardware acceleration on it will work fine. I imagine Windows Home Server should be perfectly capable of playing games, since it is not an enterprise solution like Windows 2003 is.