Happy Christmas – loads of (XT) stock for you !

Here’s some GREAT NEWS.

If you’re interested in getting the Xtreamer Network Media Player to enjoy over the Christmas holidays (or you are generous and want to get one for a friend too), then www.thextreamer.com are boasting HUGE stocks are available for pre Christmas delivery.

The item is great, but has be so popular that supply chains have often dried up.  The UK  / EU supplier www.thextreamer.com has prepared for the holiday period, and believes it has sufficient stock to keep everyone happy !

All new orders will be shipped on a very prompt basis.  No word has been given on exactly the stock that is available, or the cut off date for the last order – so it’s wise to order early !

Don’t forget to select the Xtreamer with the amazing (factory fitted) XSC side cooler – which brings silence to the Xtreamer !

To check out the product and order – see the web site – www.thextreamer.com

 

Happy Christmas   

Home Server Help

Windows Home Server Help (Add In)

Your Home Server and the Data on it is extremely important, and Tranquil are honoured that thousands of customers have chosen to buy a Tranquil Windows Home Server.

Tranquil are also there to help if something goes wrong – or seems to be going wrong.

Your Tranquil Home Server – a great appliance for today’s digital home !

· Hosting your work files, music, videos, pictures etc to your home PCs, and remote connections.

· Backing up all of your Home PCs

· Duplicating Data across multiple Hard Disks

· Etc

All great features, but what if ?

On rare occasions something may go wrong, and what do you do then ?

Tranquil are committed to ensuring their Home Servers are not only built to the highest engineering standards, run as efficiently as possible – even with multi-core processors, but that in the rare event that the server itself needs attention beyond the users knowledge, that Tranquil Home Server Specialist Technicians are there to help – it’s YOUR PRECIOUS DATA after all !

The Home Server Help Add In – from Tranquil, for your peace of mind

(http://tinyurl.com/yk6ncq4 )

Tranquil Home Server PP3

All new Home Servers from Tranquil PC now come with some cool new ‘free’ features :

 

• Home Server Power pack 3
• AVA Media CD ripping engine
• Logitech SqueezeCentre (WHS)
• iTunes Server (WHS)

Power Pack 3 is great, especially for those who have Media Centres, Netbooks, or Windows 7 PCs.
Automatically move all of your TV recordings from your Media Centre to the Home Server, or even transcode and store the files for mobile players !

AVA Media CD ripping engine (previously sold for £49,00) give you a simple way to rip your AUDIO CDs to Home Server, just plug in any USB drive.  An option is available to upgrade to the CD/DVD ripping option !  The life long subscription to GD3 ensures great meta data !

This now makes the Tranquil Home Server range very exclusive – the perfect device to not only share your digital music, but also to generate it from your CD collection.

Logitech’s SqueezeCentre makes your Home Server a perfect server to deliver audio files to any Slim Devices Media Player

iTunes Server allows you to centralise you media in one place, to be played back on any network connected iTunes player

 

 

A number of other exciting ‘free’ Home Server Add Ins will be launched during 2010 !  Watch out.

WHS updates (24th November)

Get your new WHS Updates today, including Power Pack 3 !!

The new updates include :

KB973686  XML Core Services 6 SP2
KB973687  WS2003  Update
KB073688  XML Core Services 4 SP2
KB968349  WHS Power Pack 3
KB976098  WS2003 Update

It’s just a click to force the update – on your WHS Console ‘Settings’ page, or you can wait for the auto update.

Enjoy the new Power Pack 3 features.  Personally I like the auto transfer of my Recorded TV to the WHS storage pool from my MCE machine. 

Now my MCE will be upgraded to a new Tranquil ION Dual Core (incl PCIex tuners) with a SS HDD – no need for mass storage any more, and the benefit of 100% silence.  The perfect world (at least MCE + WHS) draws nearer.

More on the T2ION-W7 MCE later in November.

Home Server Power Pack 3 (Pre-installed)

Tranquil PC are now completing new builds with Microsoft’s Home Server Power Pack 3 included:

Power Pack 3 improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing new features like: backup and restore of computers running Windows 7, Windows 7 Libraries integration, enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for net book computers.
Power Pack 3 will enable the most optimal experience for Windows 7 users on a Windows Home Server network.

Units shipped from early next week will have PP3 pre-installed.

Also, Tranquil will release new downloadable ‘server backup’ images for existing clients, so that if existing servers need to be re-imaged, they can be with the latest PP3 pre-installed.

“This immediate integration of PP3 into our UK factory built Home Servers continues to demonstrate our commitment to the popular Tranquil Home Server range”

D510 – the CPU introduction

The new Intel Atom Processor D510

Equipped with 2x 1.66GHz CPUs and 2x 512K cache !
(Hyper threading is supported, so look for 4x CPUs in Task manger)

 

TDP 13W (that’s the CPU and the North Bridge)

Integrated GMA 3150 graphics (based on the G31 core)
(Max Res’n 2048×1536)

 

 

 

 

 

The low TDP would suggest that, with suitable air flow, the D510 can be passively cooled as demonstrated by the fitting of the the heat sink as shown.

 

D510 – the CPU introduction

The new Intel Atom Processor D510

Equipped with 2x 1.66GHz CPUs and 2x 512K cache !
(Hyper threading is supported, so look for 4x CPUs in Task manger)

 

TDP 13W (that’s the CPU and the North Bridge)

Integrated GMA 3150 graphics (based on the G31 core)

 

 

 

 

 

The low TDP would suggest that, with suitable air flow, the D510 can be passively cooled as demonstrated by the fitting of the the heat sink as shown.

 

Intel Main Board + PineView

Coming very soon !

Where’s the North Bridge ?

The latest Intel mini-itx main board – the ‘D510M0’

Equipped with the very latest Intel Atom Dual Core D510 processor (2x 1.66GHz) and the Intel NM10 Express Chipset.

The key to the success of this platform will no doubt be improvements in overall performance, not just due to the 2x hyper threaded 1.66GHz CPUs – but due to the fact that the north bridge controller is on the SAME silicon as the CPUs !

Tranquil PC, an early tester of the D510Mo boards will be using this new board in numerous new PCs and Servers, including the new MiDASS series of Home Servers.  There is talk, that the board will also be made available on it’s own too.

Watch this space for further news on the great little main board !
We will be comparing various performance criteria against the  popular D945GCLF2, etc as well as bringing news of product launches.

On Line Backup – just another one ?

Check out the-online-backup.co.uk – just another online backup facility ?  Judge for yourself

They are using what seems to be the most robust backup systems available, from the inventors of Remote Backup Systems (remote-backup.com)

Some features :

Automatic Continuous Backup

Simple – Install and Forget

Secure – Tier 4 Data Centre

Private – Nobody can read your files.

Restore anywhere via Web access.

Works with Windows or MAC machines – right out of the box

They say “The Online Backup protects your valuable computer files by automatically storing encrypted copies in a secure Data Centre as you work, ready to be restored to any computer. Your files are double encrypted for complete security”

The Online Backup FAQ

What is The Online Backup? The Online Backup is online backup for your valuable computer files. Quick and easy to install and use, The Online Backup works in the background as you work, securing your data in a Tier 4 Data Center encrypted for 100% privacy and security.

How do my files get backed up? Once you have installed the The Online Backup software, The Online Backup will automatically back up your files every day. Just leave your computer on and connected to the Internet and The Online Backup will take care of the rest.

What types of computers will The Online Backup run on? The Online Backup runs on Windows and Mac computers. It runs on Windows 2000, XP, and Vista, (including 64-bit systems) and all Mac OS X versions. Read More …

Cost ?

It seems that the-online-backup.co.uk charges under £5.00 / month (or £4 on annual basis) for 10GB – not bad considering this is a professional system, with all the features offered !

Trial – they are also offering a 14 day TRIAL – may be worth trying that ?  Check that out here

On Line Backup – just another one ?

Check out the-online-backup.co.uk – just another online backup facility ?  Judge for yourself

They are using what seems to be the most robust backup systems available, from the inventors of Remote Backup Systems (remote-backup.com)

Some features :

Automatic Continuous Backup

Simple – Install and Forget

Secure – Tier 4 Data Centre

Private – Nobody can read your files.

Restore anywhere via Web access.

Works with Windows or MAC machines – right out of the box

They say “The Online Backup protects your valuable computer files by automatically storing encrypted copies in a secure Data Centre as you work, ready to be restored to any computer. Your files are double encrypted for complete security”

The Online Backup FAQ

What is The Online Backup? The Online Backup is online backup for your valuable computer files. Quick and easy to install and use, The Online Backup works in the background as you work, securing your data in a Tier 4 Data Center encrypted for 100% privacy and security.

How do my files get backed up? Once you have installed the The Online Backup software, The Online Backup will automatically back up your files every day. Just leave your computer on and connected to the Internet and The Online Backup will take care of the rest.

What types of computers will The Online Backup run on? The Online Backup runs on Windows and Mac computers. It runs on Windows 2000, XP, and Vista, (including 64-bit systems) and all Mac OS X versions. Read More …

Cost ?

It seems that the-online-backup.co.uk charges under £5.00 / month (or £4 on annual basis) for 10GB – not bad considering this is a professional system, with all the features offered !

Trial – they are also offering a 14 day TRIAL – may be worth trying that ?  Check that out here