HP Reveals Atom-Powered MediaSmart LX195 Home Server

Hewlett-Packard, one of the world's leading vendors of computer systems, has recently announced the introduction of its new MediaSmart Windows Home Server, dubbed LX195. The new model comes as an addition to the company's MediaSmart Server EX487 and EX485 home servers, and is designed to take advantage of Intel's highly successful Atom processor, consequently being the first Atom-based home server to be featured with the Windows Home Server.

The company's new model will provide its potential customers with support for up to 640GB of storage space, using a single disk. In addition to the netbook-focused Intel Atom processor, which runs at 1.6GHz, the server has also been equipped with 1GB of RAM, delivering the optimum balance between a performance-capable home server and a device that is low on power consumption. Additional features include four USB ports and an Ethernet port, allowing the device's users to connect it to their home network and expand the storage capacity using the four USB ports.

The LX195 is 4 inches wide and 8 inches tall and is expected to become available for a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $400, which is about $200 less than what you'd have to spend for a MediaSmart Server EX485, which is equipped with 2GHz Intel Core 2 Solo processors and offers a 750GB hard disk and 2GB of memory. The upgrade options on the MediaSmart LX195 include the system's drive and RAM memory. Thanks to its user-focused design, the LX195 storage will provide an easy storage upgrade.

Using the MediaSmart LX195, users will be given the opportunity to publish photos directly to various websites, using the HP Photo Publisher software. The website support includes Facebook, Flickr, Picassa and Snapfish. Unfortunately, the system vendor hasn't detailed the availability of its new Atom-powered home server.