http://blogs.msdn.com/brendangrant/archive/tags/Retail/default.aspxTags: Retailen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/brendangrant/archive/2009/03/15/windows-home-server-and-netbooks.aspxSun, 15 Mar 2009 19:41:27 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9479313Brendan Grant2http://blogs.msdn.com/brendangrant/comments/9479313.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brendangrant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9479313<p>Commenter <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brendangrant/archive/2009/03/13/why-not-have-email-in-windows-home-server.aspx#9479214">JohnCz recently suggested</a>: </p> <blockquote> <p>Perhaps one day we'll see WHS OEMs offer a free netbook with WHS purchase.&#160; Or perhaps a WHS bundled with an extender is on the horizon.</p> </blockquote> <p>While I can’t say when or if either will happen (partially due to pesky little NDAs, but mostly because I don’t know), it should be noted that from a marketing perspective something similar is already happening. Recently our friends at Acer recently launched the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/acers-easystore-h340-says-hello-atom-hello-windows-home-server">Acer easyStore H340</a> in Japan and as part of their retail strategy there are selling it alongside one of their netbook models:</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/brendangrant/WindowsLiveWriter/WindowsHomeServerandNetbooks_85DC/DSCN0815_2.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="DSCN0815" border="0" alt="DSCN0815" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/brendangrant/WindowsLiveWriter/WindowsHomeServerandNetbooks_85DC/DSCN0815_thumb.jpg" width="604" height="454" /></a> </p> <p>Here’s hoping we’ll see similar display setups if/when the H340 comes stateside.</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9479313" width="1" height="1">Windows Home ServerRetail