LX197 & EX490 for Australia - no EX495
Just got off the phone with HP Australia (Melbourne and Sydney) … HP will release LX197 & EX490 Windows Home Server based machines on the 19th October 2009 (less than two weeks). That’s right, no EX495 (Grrrr! HP). This is contrary to reports on the OzziCom Blog which indicated [as we'd hoped] that EX490 & EX495 would be released in Australia.
The EX490 will retail $AU899, but probably a “lot cheaper” at DSE & Harvey Norman
StorageWorks X510 Data Vault
No word on X500/X510 - which means neither a denial nor an admission - however, an article over at WeGotServed seems to quote a press release that these specific models were coming to Australia (amongst other countries)
If HP were smart [they wouldn't have brought in the LX197!] they might put aside the X510 just for a business push - a smart move.
Update (13-October): MediaSmart EX490 *and* EX495 in hp.com.au
Is this a sign of things to come? Entering “EX490″ and “EX495″ in the Search field of HP.COM.AU (HP Australia) now displays results for these two machines. Could this mean that the EX495 is also going to be available in Australia? (we live in hope)
Search results for “EX495″ on hp.com.au »
Search results for “LX197″ on hp.com.au »
A week ago, this wasn’t the case. I guess we can expect to see the LX and EX products on the front page on the 17th (October).
Update (14-October): Data Vault X510 also in hp.com.au
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And in other news ..” the Data Vault X510 is also now list in search results hp.com.au. Might this be the reason the EX495 will [reportedly] not be coming to our shores [choosing to market the power version as the X510]?
Search results for “Data Vault X510″ on hp.com.au »
Update (15-October): Gizmodo Confirm Prices: EX490 $AU900
Gizmodo Australia have word on the prices for “LX197 and EX490″ » and, via their comments, receive a few protests about price parity issues - which I second. Let’s not forget though that these prices are RRP and will likely be subject to discounts and rebates.
Update (17-October): Orangebyte are listing the Data Vault X510 1TB $AU919
Orangebyte.com.au are listing the 1TB, 2TB and 3TB versions of the X510 for sale
COL2050 HP STORAGEWORKS X510 1TB DATA VAULT $919.15
COL2051 HP STORAGEWORKS X510 2TB DATA VAULT $1,129.69
COL2052 HP STORAGEWORKS X510 3TB DATA VAULT $1,314.96
Keep you’re eye on the getprice.com.au for the latest changes.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Ripoff,ripoff,ripoff! For the EX490
US RRP $549 converts to $AUD622
October 6th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Yeah I updated my blog posting this morning saying this exact same about the EX490 & LX197.
http://blog.ozzicom.com.au/2009/09/hp-mediasmart-servers-coming-to-australia/
I am looking forward to getting my hands on one when finally released.
October 6th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Thanks for the update Scott. Of course, I heard “LX197″, but incorrectly noted it as the “LX195″. We will be getting the LX197 (according to HP). Fingers crossed for the EX495.
October 15th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Hey there
i can confirm the PowerVault x510 home servers will definitely be coming to Australia, in 1Tb, 2TB and 3Tb forms.
Expected street date is 11th November and this is the reason why they will not be bringing in the EX495 as they are physically and software-wise, identical.
The advantage of the EX495 however is the 1.5 TB HDD rather than just the 1Tb in the x510 but other than that, all else is equal