HP 'Boxster' WHS Only $200 at Amazon.com

I'm not sure how long this deal will last, but Amazon.com has Crazy Eddie pricing on the Windows Home Server-based HP LX195 MediaSmart Home Server (codenamed "Boxster"). This isn't an ideal WHS machine for a number of reasons--you can only put a single drive inside it, so all expansion is external, for starters--but this is pretty much the cheapest way to get into a high-quality WHS machine I've ever seen.

Check out my overview of the HP MediaSmart Server LX195 for more info.

Thanks to Alex Bowman for the tip.

Update: This more expandable Acer unit ($300) might actually be a better deal, given the expandability. Thanks to Michael Creed.

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Fanfoot
on Nov 30, 2009
Acer unit listed at $389 currently. With 1TB of storage. The HP EX490 with 1TB is showing as $469 currently, so there's an $80 premium for the HP. Given the additional software, and the better support I wager you'll get from HP if you run into trouble (which seems likely with a network server like this) it seems to me the HP is the better deal.

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