Hewlett-Packard Co. is introducing its third generation of MediaSmart home servers today, with more features for Mac users and multimedia-philes.
The EX490 and EX495, which run heavily-modified versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Home Server operating system, will let users control the server from a Mac using Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.
The new MediaSmart servers can also work with Apple Inc.'s Time Machine backup software to do "bare metal recovery" of a crashed Mac computer using data stored on the home servers.
"A lot of consumers are buying Macs. So while HP may be competing against Apple in the PC space, it needs to pitch the MediaSmart as Mac-friendly," said Roger Kay, an analyst with EndPoint Technology Associates Inc.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/9138000/
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The EX490 and EX495, which run heavily-modified versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Home Server operating system, will let users control the server from a Mac using Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.
The new MediaSmart servers can also work with Apple Inc.'s Time Machine backup software to do "bare metal recovery" of a crashed Mac computer using data stored on the home servers.
"A lot of consumers are buying Macs. So while HP may be competing against Apple in the PC space, it needs to pitch the MediaSmart as Mac-friendly," said Roger Kay, an analyst with EndPoint Technology Associates Inc.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/9138000/
