It’s like we are back to the Apple Workgroup Server days.
Apple’s extortion for spare drive caddies ($300) was criminal.
Otherwise, a great product.
I started out on a TI/994A many years ago. Programmed on VAX machines for a while and have always used P.C.’s. Last month I decided to replace an aging HP with a Macbook pro. So far, I am pretty impressed.
Owning several computers and different operating systems is my idea of diversity (that and a food court with many different restaurants).
This is a step backwards! Apple just contracted with Unisys to serve the enterprise for Macs and then they announce the discontinuation of the rack mounted U1 server solution? Sometimes Apple's left foot doesn't know what the head is doing.
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Combine this story with these facts:
- Apple makes the majority of its money from phones and MP3 players
- Apple is moving OSX towards a more iOS-like interface/style (full screen apps, app store, icons, etc)
- Apple is trumpeting the iPad as the “computer for most people”
- Apple is expanding the Air line (curious how they’ve been reviewed as “iPads with keyboards”)
- Check out Apple’s web site: Store, Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iTunes, Support. You can buy a product, get support for a product, and 4 of the remaining 5 categories are iDevice ecosystem options.
I think Apple is getting out of the traditional PC/computer business, and trying to move to an iPhone/iPad ecosystem exclusively. Creating the iPad was the first step. Moving Lion towards a more-iOS like experience was the second step; axing the servers is a third.
I bet the 4th will be paring down the MBP line to be just 15”, maybe 15” and 17”. Eliminate the 13” altogether - you have the Air instead.
The 5th would be eliminate the Mini, leave just the iMac (vertical iPad with a keyboard), and - for now, since they axed X-Serve - the Mac Pro.
Time will tell!
Will they run OS X Server on standard PC hardware? Will Apple become a software-only player in the server arena?