WHS 2011

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bigmac11

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Do any of you use WHS 2011 as your main os? I recently picked up a copy and was wondering what pitfalls I would run into using it as a main os. If its a major hassle I'll end up selling it and picking up another copy of Win 7. Since its OEM I don't want to tie it to a pc if its not going to work well.
 
i pmed you.

it really isnt made for desktop use. to be honest, i only access it through rdp. it is like server 2008r2 with training wheels.
 
tricky0502 said:
i pmed you.

it really isnt made for desktop use. to be honest, i only access it through rdp. it is like server 2008r2 with training wheels.
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Small Business Server is Server 2008R2 with training wheels.

WHS2011 is like a big wheel. Yea, it's awesome as hell, though. I outgrew it pretty quick in my home network.

I wouldn't really consider it anything close to a desktop OS. I'm sure you can turn it into one (Server 2008 Workstation - the guides are out there), but I've never heard of it. There are people that run Server 2008 as a desktop OS, but it's still not Win7 or really that awesome. Not sure how badly crippled WHS is compared to that, though.
 
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