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HP Unveils Home Server
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... iTunes server, HP Photo Publisher, HP Photo viewer, PC Hard Drive Backup, Mac Hard Drive Backup, Server Backup, smart power management, and more. The home servers feature an Intel Celeron 2GHz 64-bit CPU and 2GB of 800MHz DDR2 RAM. The units can be configured with up to 9TB of storage space. The ex485 model ships with 750 GB of storage for $599 and the ex487 includes 1.5TB for $749. The systems can be pre-ordered starting on January 5 and shipping is expected in February. Via HP Posted on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:31:10 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...
HP MediaSmart Home Server may get some competition from Apple
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... HP this week introduced its MediaSmart home server, which has many services Mac users would love to take advantage of. Centralized iTunes music database for the home, picture sharing, even file sharing over the Internet. ...
HP MediaSmart home server plays nice with Mac and PC
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... pleasure at your whim and fancy. Both servers will boast the same features apart from their obvious compatibility, of course, including HP Media Creator, Media Streaming, Photo Publishing and viewing. The system itself doubles up as a backup repository for PC and Mac computers. Powered by an Intel Celeron 2GHz processor and aided by 2GB RAM, you can pick up the ex485 that comes with 750GB of storage space or the ex487 that has double that amount for $599 and $749, respectively.
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HP announces Mac-compatible MediaSmart
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... Mac-compatible MediaSmart will pack a 64-bit Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz processor and 2GB of RAM, not mind-blowing, but more than adequate for a media server. The ex485 comes with 750GB of hard drive space for $599, while the ex487 has 1.5 TB for $749, which both seem like good deals. They’ll be up for pre-order on January 5, 2009, and ship by February. They can both be expanded to 9 TB with added drives, which seems like just a little bit of overkill.
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HP announces Mac-compatible MediaSmart
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Section: Computers, Hardware, Networking Sometimes connecting Macs and PCs on the same media network can be a pain. There are plenty of media servers that work well with one but not the other, or require third-party software to work well with one (usually on the Mac side). HP is making connecting the two platforms a bit easier with the newest version of its MediaSmart media server that’s fully compatible with both.
The MediaSmart Server ex485 and ex487 models will both have features that set the MediaSmart above other such servers. As any media server, it can hold and stream music and photos with any computer, using HP photo ...
HP upgrading Home Server lineup, Apple may be following suit
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Hewlett-Packard today announced that it is upgrading its MediaSmart server lineup with new, more powerful hardware, and more importantly with software support for Macs and improved over-the-Net streaming of users' media files. (A software update will allow users of existing MediaSmart boxes to access some ... ...
HP upgrading Home Server lineup, Apple may follow suit
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Hewlett-Packard announced Monday that it is upgrading its MediaSmart server lineup with new, more powerful hardware and, more importantly, with software support for Macs and improved over-the-Net streaming of users' media files. (A software update will allow users of existing MediaSmart boxes to access some of the new ...
Apple Working on Home Media Server for Sharing Music, Movies and Photos
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9to5mac explains that Apple is working on a new media home server that will compliment the need to share music, movies, photos and more via an internet connection. Additionally, they explain files could be accessed remotely through the web as well.
The rumored device is similar to a device developed by HP called the HP MediaSmart Server. A device such as this would appeal to those that have the need to efficiently store, access and share files from any computer or mobile device connected to their home network. For example, a home with three computers an two Apple TV’s could access the same media from this home server seamlessly. The idea ...
HP MediaSmart Home Servers launched in US
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... Roberts, product marketing manager at HP claims Mac is now a “first-class citizen” like Windows which can do automatic backups of photos, videos, data as well as stream music via iTunes.
Both, EX485 and EX487 will sell for $599 and $749 respectively with the only difference in their storage size – 750GB for the cheaper variant while 1.5TB for the expensive one. The common set involves Intel Celeron 2.0GHz 64-bit processors and 2GB RAM.
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TUAW Macworld Video: HP Products for Mac
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Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, Multimedia, Interviews, TUAW InterviewIf you were one of the many people who were expecting Apple to announce some sort of Mac mini-based home media server yesterday, you weren't alone. We talked about another media server solution, HP's MediaSmart Server, a small Mac-compatible device that can be used for Time Machine backups, iTunes and iPhoto library storage, and more. I visited with Rick Spillers, HP's Mac-connect Worldwide Product Manager, at the HP booth yesterday to talk about HP iPrint, printer and scanner solutions, and other products from their Mac group. Also on the video is Glen ...
