>From the screens it looks like it has all the same "innovations" as Vista does - heavier reliance on graphics acceleration (my server's running with a PCI Voodoo 3 3000 in it... One of the last cards I ever bought with a fanless heatsink!) and it's only got a 1.5ghz Athlon in it. WS2003 runs nicely, it boots in an alright time considering the amount of services it's running and it's an interface I'm far more familiar with both in terms of general daily usage and administration. I bet it's a right pain getting to grips with WHS if you're used to the familiar layout of the 2000/XP design.
Old dog, new tricks and all that. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 June 2007 15:29 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] Windows Home Server RC1 available > for download > > WHS is built ontop of Windows 2003 Small Business and you can > remote desktop into it the same you would with a normal > server. You then have the added support the backup built in. > > Just downloaded the RC, just need some harddrives now. > > On 13/06/07, Christopher Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've both accepted and done it for quite a few years now. > Just makes sense. > > > > An old Xbox with XBMC on it makes a cracking media centre > machine, and > > hell, I had so many computer bits lying around I just > bunged together > > an old server and slapped WS2003 on it (OS provided gratis > by my Uni!) > > I know many aren't quite as inclined as I am to have more than one > > computer in their house, never mind one which is running > headless and > > has to be adminned via remote desktop, but with the advent > of little > > gadgets like the Drobo from datarobotics.com (think simplified > > best-of-both-worlds NAS/RAID which you can just plug into > any device > > that'll support USB Mass Storage - including that new > Netgear with the > > USB port, giving you huge amounts of networked storage > without another PC!) we're on the cusp of something very cool. > > > > Obviously MS are pushing people to do this, and I suppose > Apple are as > > well (and they have some cool new innovations for dotmac tie-ins > > including intelligent, self-discovering filesharing across several > > WANs in the Finder). It just makes sense really, doesn't > it? That new > > Asus router which has the integrated harddrive and can carry on > > bittorrenting whilst your PC is turned off, now I like that > (wouldn't > > mind getting my mitts on a unit, > > too!) It's when those kinda bits of hardware come into the > £100-£150 > > range when we'll see mass adoption, combined with n-spec > wifi for HD > > streaming, and then it'll be all about networked media access. > > > > I applied for the WHS RC1 beta, not sure if I'll receive a > key for it > > though > > - and I doubt I'd want to replace WS2003 with it on my server. It > > doesn't look tweakable enough. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ian Forrester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 13 June 2007 14:31 > > > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > > Subject: [backstage] Windows Home Server RC1 available > for download > > > > > > From Engadget > > > > > > Microsoft has just announced a tasty banana for all you > code monkeys > > > out there, in the form of the first publicly available download > > > (well, for non-beta testers at least) of the widely anticipated > > > Windows Home Server operating system. > > > Release Candidate 1, as this build is known, is said to offer a > > > number of improvements over previous betas, and is the > first version > > > that participants in the Code2Fame Challenge can use to work on > > > their entries. > > > > > > http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/124341635/ > > > > > > What I find interesting is the new focus on home servers. Are we > > > finally started to accept that people will store tons of films, > > > music and pictures on there local network and use > something like the > > > AppleTV, Xbox media centre or Xbox360/PS3 to stream stuff > over the > > > network? > > > > > > Just a quick thought... > > > > > > Ian Forrester > > > > > > This e-mail is: [ x ] private; [ ] ask first; [ ] bloggable > > > > > > Senior Producer, BBC Backstage > > > BC5 C3, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TP > > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > p: +44 (0)2080083965 > > > > > > - > > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, > > > please visit > > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > > Unofficial list archive: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > please visit > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
