Post Reply
New Topic

Xserve review

Moderator
Total Posts: 372
Joined: Jun. 19, 2005

Xserve shines again.

http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/11/apple_xserve_th.html

I like that you can control it headlessly including, through a button on the front, which thing the Xserve boots to (e.g. optical drive).

Nov. 15, 2006
6:24 PM

[ Ignore ]


Profile
 
 
 
Administrator
Total Posts: 346
Joined: Dec. 13, 2004

Interesting review. It kind of makes me want an Xserve, even thought O have no use for one. raspberry

 Signature 

Nick Mediati
Editor in Chief

[ Reply 1 ]
Nov. 15, 2006
8:27 PM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
Moderator
Total Posts: 372
Joined: Jun. 19, 2005

Still a noisy machine but each house should have one after it gets cheaper.

[ Reply 2 ]
Nov. 15, 2006
10:43 PM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
Administrator
Total Posts: 315
Joined: Dec. 13, 2004

Dude, the Xserve is meant for a business environment.  They are not going to get cheap enough to be commonly available, nor would they be marketed that way if they were, nor do people need that much power at home.  If they do, they can get a nice, beefy Mac Pro without all the server crap.

 Signature 

Questions?  Comments?  Suggestions?  Feel free to talk to me!

[ Reply 3 ]
Nov. 16, 2006
6:47 AM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
Moderator
Total Posts: 372
Joined: Jun. 19, 2005

Then why do I want one raspberry

[ Reply 4 ]
Nov. 16, 2006
7:19 AM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
Administrator
Total Posts: 346
Joined: Dec. 13, 2004

I remember being told a story about a guy who called Dell, told them he wanted to share files between his computers, and they sold him to a PowerEdge server. raspberry

 Signature 

Nick Mediati
Editor in Chief

[ Reply 5 ]
Nov. 16, 2006
11:25 AM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
My brain hurts!
Total Posts: 335
Joined: Dec. 22, 2004
Nick - 16 November 2006 11:25 AM

I remember being told a story about a guy who called Dell, told them he wanted to share files between his computers, and they sold him to a PowerEdge server. raspberry

Holy Sh*t!  Dell sold the guy into slavery under a computer?  That sets it in stone:  My next computer WILL be an iMac.  I’m telling all my friends not to even look up Dell’s number and have them block dell.com with their router.

ustjay ockingjay

 Signature 

For every form of knowledge there is an equal but opposite form of knowledge.

[ Reply 6 ]
Nov. 16, 2006
1:03 PM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
My brain hurts!
Total Posts: 335
Joined: Dec. 22, 2004

If I were put in charge of managing a large network I would probably use SuSE Enterprise Server or XSERVE.  Both solutions seem to be more capable than W2K3 and you can get unlimited CALs, which is the way it should be.

 Signature 

For every form of knowledge there is an equal but opposite form of knowledge.

[ Reply 7 ]
Nov. 16, 2006
1:05 PM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
Administrator
Total Posts: 315
Joined: Dec. 13, 2004
ahayes - 16 November 2006 01:03 PM
Nick - 16 November 2006 11:25 AM

I remember being told a story about a guy who called Dell, told them he wanted to share files between his computers, and they sold him to a PowerEdge server. raspberry

Holy Sh*t!  Dell sold the guy into slavery under a computer?  That sets it in stone:  My next computer WILL be an iMac.  I’m telling all my friends not to even look up Dell’s number and have them block dell.com with their router.

Dammit… you stole my joke. :p

 Signature 

Questions?  Comments?  Suggestions?  Feel free to talk to me!

[ Reply 8 ]
Nov. 16, 2006
3:08 PM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
My brain hurts!
Total Posts: 335
Joined: Dec. 22, 2004
Arden - 16 November 2006 03:08 PM

Dammit… you stole my joke. :p

Have to be faster than the autistic guy.

 Signature 

For every form of knowledge there is an equal but opposite form of knowledge.

[ Reply 9 ]
Nov. 16, 2006
4:00 PM

[ Ignore ]

Profile
 
 
 
 
 
Post Reply
New Topic
 

« iFixIt.com

 ·   Back to top...   · 

Apple iServ prediction/analysis »