Comments on: CES 2008 Report for Windows Home Server

By: ComeOn

ComeOn — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:38:35 +0000

Actually I have had zero problems with WHS. I have connected to it through both Linux and Windows.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:56:52 +0000

“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.

By: Philip Churchill

Philip Churchill — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:42:31 +0000

Glad you enjoyed the show Jesse now I wonder who Terry Walsh and Andrew Edney are LOL.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:22:29 +0000

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.

By: Andrew Edney

Andrew Edney — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:14:50 +0000

Dont even get me started HPB!

By: Terry Walsh

Terry Walsh — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:14:06 +0000

This Edney chap is clearly a blind fanboy.

Terry

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