HP WHS prices leaked

I'm buying. Wait, does Amazon even ship hardware overseas?

Edit:

Amazon wrote:

Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.

Sigh...

blowdart wrote:

http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2007/08/20/hp-mediasmart-pricing-leaked-systems-listed-at-amazoncom/

There will be 500Gb and 1Tb variants, with the following US pricing:

500Gb HP MediaSmart EX470 (GG795AA#ABA) - $596 (£299)
1Tb HP MediaSmart EX475 (GG796AA#ABA) $745 (£374)

Both systems will be powered by a 64-bit (and therefore WHS v2 compatible) 1.8GHz AMD Sempron processor

£374? I am so there next month.

But that's a straight currency conversion! Surely they'll be adding extras onto that price. I'd be surprised if it actually went on sale here in the UK for less that £450.

Then again, I'd love to be surprised, because keeping photos / videos and music available constantly across my Two PCs is becoming a headache. Not to mention backups, and all the other goodness.

Yep - I did do a straight conversion (for guidance more than anything else), and would also be astounded if HP didn't whack on a premium for the privilege of buying the system here in the UK.

Terry
We Got Served

Massif wrote:



blowdart wrote: http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2007/08/20/hp-mediasmart-pricing-leaked-systems-listed-at-amazoncom/ There will be 500Gb and 1Tb variants, with the following US pricing: 500Gb HP MediaSmart EX470 (GG795AA#ABA) - $596 (£299) 1Tb HP MediaSmart EX475 (GG796AA#ABA) $745 (£374) Both systems will be powered by a 64-bit (and therefore WHS v2 compatible) 1.8GHz AMD Sempron processor £374? I am so there next month.

But that's a straight currency conversion! Surely they'll be adding extras onto that price. I'd be surprised if it actually went on sale here in the UK for less that £450.

I'll bet 10p that the price will be £745 (the old 'swap the currency symbol' ploy).

How much would this item add to a household electricity bill?  I'm never any good at figuring our power consumption.

Herbie

Dr Herbie wrote:

How much would this item add to a household electricity bill?  I'm never any good at figuring our power consumption.

Isn't it powered by a Celeron?

I reckon my LAN's DC uses about 100W I think, maybe 150W when all the HDDs are wirring and the CPU's doing something (it's an AMD Sempron).

My father reckons it costs about 20p a day to run, so about £73 a year. That's quite a bit, actually.

W3bbo wrote:


Isn't it powered by a Celeron?

1.8GHz Sempron, according to Wegotserved.

Dr Herbie wrote:


I'll bet 10p that the price will be £745 (the old 'swap the currency symbol' ploy).

I'm guessing €745 for the European market, too. Yay, customer trust.

Dupe.

W3bbo wrote:



Dr Herbie wrote: How much would this item add to a household electricity bill?  I'm never any good at figuring our power consumption.

Isn't it powered by a Celeron?

I reckon my LAN's DC uses about 100W I think, maybe 150W when all the HDDs are wirring and the CPU's doing something (it's an AMD Sempron).

My father reckons it costs about 20p a day to run, so about £73 a year. That's quite a bit, actually.

Surprising, isn't it?  I do remember at my previous job that the electricity bills were truly shocking -- due to the server room (with air con).  Don't really want a server at home if it's going to add to the electricity bill.   Not until solar panels get a lot better and cheaper, anyway


Herbie

Dr Herbie wrote:

Not until solar panels get a lot better and cheaper, anyway

Some company's got a new concept: photovoltaics integrated into standard roofing tiles. Each tile can give you 52W.

Does anyone know if WHS supports IIS?

I can't seem to find anything detailing specific features.

phreaks wrote:

Does anyone know if WHS supports IIS?

WHS runs IIS6, standard accross all NT5.2-based OSes.

W3bbo wrote:



Dr Herbie wrote: Not until solar panels get a lot better and cheaper, anyway

Some company's got a new concept: photovoltaics integrated into standard roofing tiles. Each tile can give you 52W.

Thanks for the link.  There was a government grant you could get to pay for half your roof if it used integrated solar, but I don't know if it's still available, plus you still have to pay several hundred (nearly 1K?) yourself. Was only really worth it if you already had to re-roof a building.
Plus newer solar tech is more that twice as efficient.  I'm planning on waiting until the improvement rates level out a bit and the price drops some more, and I've got some money to spare.

Herbie

W3bbo wrote:



phreaks wrote: Does anyone know if WHS supports IIS?

WHS runs IIS6, standard accross all NT5.2-based OSes.

Great, thanks. So WHS is a mini different version of Win2k3 server ?

phreaks wrote:



W3bbo wrote:  phreaks wrote: Does anyone know if WHS supports IIS? WHS runs IIS6, standard accross all NT5.2-based OSes.

Great, thanks. So WHS is a mini different version of Win2k3 server

It's a cut-down version of Windows Server 2003. They removed Active Directory and Domain Membership (which is just silly), then replaced them with that backup software and a Terminal Services Gateway suite (which will appear in WS2008)

phreaks wrote:



W3bbo wrote:  phreaks wrote: Does anyone know if WHS supports IIS? WHS runs IIS6, standard accross all NT5.2-based OSes.

Great, thanks. So WHS is a mini different version of Win2k3 server ?

WHS is a certain flavor of Windows Server 2003, yes.

blowdart wrote:

http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2007/08/20/hp-mediasmart-pricing-leaked-systems-listed-at-amazoncom/

There will be 500Gb and 1Tb variants, with the following US pricing:

500Gb HP MediaSmart EX470 (GG795AA#ABA) - $596 (£299)
1Tb HP MediaSmart EX475 (GG796AA#ABA) $745 (£374)

Both systems will be powered by a 64-bit (and therefore WHS v2 compatible) 1.8GHz AMD Sempron processor

£374? I am so there next month.

aren't those prices a bit inflated? a 500gb hard drive usually costs about 120$ and with the remaining money you could build a epia-based system that would consume far less current than a sempron (the new C7-m consumes about 0.1watt of power when idling!).

YearOfTheLinuxDesktop wrote:

aren't those prices a bit inflated? a 500gb hard drive usually costs about 120$ and with the remaining money you could build a epia-based system that would consume far less current than a sempron.

Ah yes, but that money includes:

• MFG's warranty
• Support services (because home users will break this thing)
• Quality hardware (HP isn't going to use a cheap £10 case to make this thing)
• That fancy-shamcny drive mirroring lights indicator