Summary: Grab a chair, it’s a long show this week. Mike Howard of the JPEG2RAW Podcast (http://www.jpeg2raw.com/) joins us this week. Michael reviews his past year of testing Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Essentials. Discuss the lack of good server AMD vs. Intel data. What we want the next XBOX (Durango) to be. This weeks BYOB Podcast. Michael’s Windows Testing the Short Version Windows Server 2012 Essentials Pros: Services available and worth noting Domain, DHCP, DNS, RRAS, RDP (RDSH / VDI), WSUS Interesting that I was able to join other DC's to it 365 integration 2012 Single point management for multiple servers Its basically full server 2012 minus a few services Cons: No Hyper-V Consoles are buried Storage Spaces performance is poor Windows 8 – HTPC Pros: Still has Media enter in it Has lots of great media apps, Netflix, Gobble, Hulu and Games Steam Big Picture Mode for gaming Tiles are great for 10' experience Tiles can be organized and categorized User accounts = Unique sessions Using a front end for media can work great 360 controller drivers are native Cons: Cannot customize WMC No native playback of BD still No native or apps for frontend to media collections with a similar design theme No native or apps for TV/ DVR functions Windows 8 – Desktop PC Pros: Improved experience in desktop Multi monitor support Fast overall Awesome search Hyper-V host capability Touch, if you have a touch screen... 3rd party add ons can customize the experience ...Just like Windows 7! Rainmeter (http://rainmeter.net/cms/), RocketDock (http://rocketdock.com/), Stardock's tools (http://www.stardock.com/products/?from=nav) Cons: Start screen is a intrusive and jarring in a large display / multi monitor environment Full screen Metro apps do not always scale well Some familiar/useful power tools are buried now Servers – AMD or Intel? As discussed on the show do you know of any testing between G34 and E5 CPUs? Mike’s AMD Spec G34 Server Base = $1,840.00 CPU - AMD Opteron 6272 Interlagos 2.1GHz Socket G34 115W 16-Core MOBO - SUPERMICRO MBD-H8SGL-F-O RAM - 2x Kingston 64GB (4x16GB) 240-Pin DDR3 KVR16R11D4K4/64G Mike’s Intel Spec E5 Server Base = $2,520 CPU - Intel Xeon E5-2650 Sandy Bridge-EP 2.0GHz LGA 2011 95W 8-Core MOBO - SUPERMICRO X9SRI-F RAM - 2x Kingston 64GB (4x16GB) 240-Pin DDR3 KVR16R11D4K4/64G Mike’s Intel Spec SB-E Server Base = $1,420.00 CPU - 2x Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz LGA 2011 130W 4-Core MOBO - SUPERMICRO MBD-X9DRL-3F-O RAM - 2x Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 KVR1333D3N9HK4/32G NextBOX – What We Think Durango Should Be We round table about what it has to do for us to buy it. Can it be an HTPC replacement? Remember to send us an email at byob@homeservershow.com. You can also follow us at twitter at www.twitter.com/byobpodcast Follow BYOB on Twitter! (http://twitter.com/byobpodcast) E-Mail - byob@homeservershow.com Mike Faucher’s Blog (http://thedocsworld.net) Michael Martis’ Blog (http://racecarmike.com) [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes(MP3). (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=y6YTCKf0cY8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fpodcast%252Fthe-byob-podcast%252Fid377669385%253Fuo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30) [Zune] Subscribe to the Podcast in the Zune Marketplace. (http://social.zune.net/podcast/The-BYOB-Podcast/a13c285b-28b0-4228-b18b-ec898a44f9d0) [RSS] Add the Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/byobpodcast) [Blog RSS] Add the Blog feed to your RSS aggregator. (http://feeds2.feedburner.com/HSSPodcastBlog)
