Despite some incompatibilities here and there between Hewlett-Packard products with Mac OS X, the company, in general, is quite committed to the Apple platform, and notwithstanding that today announced two new MediaSmart servers fully compatible with the operating system of Bad.
The HP MediaSmart Server EX490 comes with a 2.2GHz Celeron processor and 1TB of internal storage, while the HP MediaSmart Server EX495 uses a Pentium chip dual-core 2.5GHz and offers 1.5TB. Now, although both are based on Microsoft Windows Home Server, a Windows PC is no longer needed for administration, as users can use the new Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection for Mac 2 to log in and make changes. Servers can even be integrated with Time Machine!
Another new feature of the new models is the HP Media Collector, which automatically collects and organizes media files on networked Macs and / or PCs, making data available to streaming through the Internet. The new HP Video Converter utility, in turn, converts non-protected DVDs into MPEG-4 (H.264) format, which can be played remotely without problems.
Since April, HP has also offered a app that allows the transmission of content to iPhones / iPods touch. The new EX490 model has a suggested price of US $ 550, while the EX495 costs US $ 700.
(Via: Macworld.)
