New storage options playing big role at Macworld

Published: 10:00 PM EST

Checking out the latest in Mac-friendly gear is a big part of Macworld, and this year was no exception. Here's our roundup of new storage options, ranging from external to networked from names like HP, Iomega, LaCie, Verbatim, and more.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched a new home server that can work with both Mac and Windows computers. �Based on the Microsoft Windows Home Server platform, the HP MediaSmart Server ex485/ex487 is a "central repository for automatically backing up and accessing digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network." �It automatically organizes files from all PCs, streams media across a home network and the Internet, and publishes photos to social networking and photo sharing sites. �Also included is a feature that centralizes iTunes music libraries for playback to any networked Mac or PC running iTunes. �

Mac, PC, Server, and online (through Amazon S3) backup is also supported. �Smart power management settings schedule times for the server to "sleep" and "wake up". �Additional drives can be added for capacity up to 9TB in a unit with an Intel Celeron 2.0GHz 64-bit processor and 2GB of 800-MHz DDR2 DRAM standard. �With 750GB of space, the server costs $599. �For 1.5TB, it's $749. �You can