The LX195 is also the first Windows Home Server-based network device to run the Intel 1.6GHz Atom processor; Atom is already well-established as the chip found in netbooks, and in some compact desktop systems. This unit also packs 1GB of RAM and 640GB of storage on a single hard disk, at a cost of US$400. (That's about $200 less than the MediaSmart Server EX485, a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Solo system that boasts a single 750GB hard disk and twice the memory.)
The 4-inch-wide, 8-inch-tall LX195 features four USB ports on the back and an ethernet port. Unlike its MediaSmart cousins, the LX195 does not support RAID-like backup, and does not have tool-less access to the single drive bay; at least, the drives and RAM are both user-accessible and user-replaceable.
The LX195 conveniently also publishes photos directly from the server to Web sites using the HP Photo Publisher software. Supported sites include Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, and Snapfish.