It’s said that there are some pricing information spread around on the HP’s first Windows Home server machine, the MediaSmart Home Server. There will be 500GB HP MediaSmart EX470 (GG795AA#ABA) and 1TB HP MediaSmart EX475 (GG796AA#ABA) variants. Both systems will be powered by a 64-bit (and therefore WHS v2 compatible) 1.8GHz AMD Sempron processor and come bundled with HP?s bundled Photo Webshare software, including direct links to Snapfish (HP?s Photo Printing partner). The 1Tb system appears to be configured as 2 x 500Gb hard disks, leaving 2 of the system?s 4 drive bays free for extra storage (as well as the 4 free external USB 2.0 ports). The EX470 is configured as 1 x 500Gb, with three free internal bays for future expansion.

OnSale.com, PC Mall and Best Buy all listed the 1TB EX475 at $749, while the 500GB EX470 appears to be set at $599. Amazon also listed both models without pricing, so it looks like we’ll have these in our hot little hands soon.

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