CES 2008 Report for Windows Home Server
Thanks to our correspondent Andrew Edney who is at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2008) we have some pictures and information for you direct from the event in Las Vegas.
Really cool are all of the columns outside the South Hall entrance are wrapped in WHS advertisements.
Andrew says apart from the biggest news about Power Pack 1 (PP1), there isn’t a great deal to report Windows Home Server wise. In the Microsoft area they have 2 different stands for Windows Home Server, both doing the same thing which is talking about it and doing demos.
Other things on the MS stand include Microsoft Surface which turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, interactive surface, but you cant get near it because of the amount of people.
HP have a big stand, and are showing off MediaSmart Server, which they also won a show award for.
Many thanks Andrew Edney for reporting for us from CES 2008 one of the worlds major technology-related trade shows.
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This Edney chap is clearly a blind fanboy.
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Terry
Dont even get me started HPB!
It’s good to see MS pushing WHS, but on the contrary to being ‘really cool’, those columns made me kind of embarrassed that I’m a fan of WHS. Every time I passed by them, which was probably at least a dozen times. Also, the books they were handing out, “Mommy, Why Is There A Server In Our House?” or whatever it was.
I think better marketing could have been done around the safety and security, rather than the geekiness of having a server in the house. The people this approach appealed to already had a server in their house, myself included.
The Surface exhibit was very nice with the restaurant wine-list demo.
Glad you enjoyed the show Jesse now I wonder who Terry Walsh and Andrew Edney are LOL.
“Mommy, Why Is There A Server In Our House?” wasn’t written by a real Ph.D after all! It’s just another example of the Microsoft propaganda insulting your customers.
How about providing us the real truth and facts about WHS, such as it doesn’t offer an easy and simply method to share our data as claimed?
That’s because WHS is based upon what Microsoft refers to as Drive Extender technology which is most likely the reason behind all this data corruption we keep hearing about.
Then there is the talk about offering us WHS customers what Microsoft refers to as “Windows Home Server Power Pack 1” claiming this “minor release” for Windows Home Server is more than a Service Pack! Which it actually is replacing the Windows Home Server Connector software!
… and unfortunately, WHS still lack high definition streaming media capability for sharing Blue-ray 1080p content, especially with wireless connectivity.
So us customers are suppose to get excited that now with WHS PP1 it will finally support Vista 64bit? Which it should have been supported all alone, as Vista was sold as RTM way before WHS even hit the OEM and RTM vendors. But, that’s just another “wow” experience…
Hint 4 $M, Your only driving your customers away.
Actually I have had zero problems with WHS. I have connected to it through both Linux and Windows.