http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/ Engadget Comments for Windows Home Server 'Vail' sees new beta release, adds OS X support 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/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/if you aren't pairing this with windows computers in your home network, then you are missing half of the goodness of it.

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Just be aware that Vail does not use standard disk formatting. So if your WHS fails you CAN'T pull the drives and install them in another machine to get access to the data. That's a dealbreaker for me. I'll stick with the current version, which is awesome.]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Cant wait either, hopefully ill be able to install it on my HP EX470]]>Aug 17th 2010 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/
Easy bare metal restores are more dependent on how modular and the transparent the OS is in general. Special purpose software to deal with this is just a bandaid kludge to deal with underlying engineering faults in the core OS.]]>Aug 17th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/You can build one yourself for that much, with the advantage of being easily expandable in the future. It's well worth the cash if you look at what it offers]]>Aug 17th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/You can get an HP LX server for ~$200]]>Aug 17th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/
I purchased the Acer Aspire WHS last Black Friday on Amazon for $299. The current price is $349.
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That HP is a good deal, but if you can build your own you have so much more flexibility with your storage and OS upgrade ability.]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/
Don't you mean . . . VAIL]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-home-server-vail-and-aurora-beta-available

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can you use their software on a home made box?
was unable to find anything about this on their hp]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/
WHS is a MS product, pretty sure you can put it on a normal PC]]>Aug 17th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/
yeah was asking about the synology thing as it seems nice.

another thing is is this new beta of 64bit only? i cant find a 32bit to install on my atom machine :/]]>Aug 17th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/It is possible, just not very clean unfortunately.]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/
Want 6TB of disk space on a Mini? Then just buy a NAS box and point your mini to it.

Using a Windows box to backup Linux or Macs seems just silly. If anything, it should be the other way around.]]>Aug 17th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/A 25GB skydrive is not enough. ]]>Aug 17th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/
Having 3Tbs of data stored in a nice clean looking box for users to access locally and outside the house is great.now i just need to replace a dead WD OS drive and bring my baby back to life.]]>Aug 17th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/windows-home-server-vail-sees-new-beta-release-adds-os-x-supp/Aug 17th 2010 7:28PM