[jpsb]

bump for later, will be curious to read replies

[BuckyKat]

Bump for me too.

[smokingfrog]

Doesn't Apple have that iCloud thingy?

[Vermont Lt]

Why not just get a web site that allow unlimited storage and bandwidth.

I have a site I use just for clients to access photos, and I have FTP accounts for my photographers to upload images from their shoot. That way no one is dealing with CDs and mail.

Working through the iPad connection should be pretty simple.

Photos on a site are not really that different from documents.

Is it as secure as it ciould be? Probably could be better, but is all password protected and seems to be working fine for everyone involved.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

I think you’re likely to find the price a bit high for what you’re looking to do and the performance lacking. Hosting happens to be my line of work, but we never touch Windows I’m afraid. The licensing costs keep the barrier pretty high for entry level.

I’ve always found decent Windows hosts to be few and far between. Of the ones I know, I’d recommend Lunarpages, as I’ve dealt with them in the past a few times and they’re good folks. Still, you’re looking at $60 a month minimum on it and that seems nuts for what you’re talking about. Or maybe I’m just cheap...lol

Troopmaster seems to make some software that might work as an alternative. They have Troopmaster DotNet which seems to give some mobility and then there’s an iphone app as well.

[expat1000]

I don’t know the Troopmaster software, but generally speaking, running a Windows application remotely over the internet does not work very well.

You could easily try it out yourself. Sign up for a free DDNS service - most routers/gateways support them - for your home system. Access it remotely and see what it’s like running Troopmaster that way. That’ll be the best you can expect.

Actually you could simply use that instead of a commercial service, especially if you are the only user.

[Ramius]

Why not just remote desktop to your own machine? Virtualizing that in the cloud, especially if you’re the only user, is a very expensive way to go.

If your RDP app can’t be let through your firewall, then how about something like GoToMyPC.com?

[PieterCasparzen]

I found this a while back, I would really recommend checking out the reviews that appear on this site.

http://www.web-hosting-top.com/

Apparently there are a lot of low cost services, but you would want to select carefully.

Of course, if you google a little you'll find plenty of them out there as well as reviews. Sounds like the difficulting is in finding one that's good.

[Haddit]

http://www.ehow.com/how_4840997_windows-web-server.html

This is for Windows Vista.
At the bottom of the page is a link for Windows 7.