Windows home server pricing leaked

Amazon.com today listed two HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server systems on their site.

The two models being offered are, the HP EX470 and EX475, both have a 64-bit 1.8GHz AMD Sempron and have 4 slide-out drive bays that use standard SATA drives; the EX745 come preloaded with two 500GB drives already installed. Systems will run about $596 and $745 respectively. Both systems will come preinstalled with the Windows Home Sever operating system.

Network analysts have always believe that the home networking market is too complex for many consumers, the hope here is that these products will take some of the difficulty out of setting up a home network.

If making home networking easy is the goal here then why would they install a Microsoft based product? Why not install something simple that work and is free like FreeNAS?

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