![]() ![]() ![]() Probably not as fast as we all would like, but I suspect the wait will be worth while. For me, the signs still point to significant upgrades to the entire professional suite. They create great hardware so they have someplace for their software to run. That may be true, but I don’t believe it.Īt its heart, Apple is a software company. I received several emails this morning essentially saying that the days of Final Cut Studio – as another high-end application – are numbered. Apple Macintosh, Xserve, Mac OS X Server and Xsan are property of Apple, Inc. There is a lot of conversation going on now about whether this means that Apple is no longer interested in the high-end. Which is why, over the last year, we have seen Apple discontinue first the XRAID, and now the XServe. Apple has never been successful in this market, and, today, they don’t need to be.Ĭreating gear targeted to this market leads to an Apple weakness, not a strength. With the continual shift toward supporting “open standards,” as opposed to proprietary software, Macs are included in more systems than ever before, by companies that specialize in creating server-based hardware. There are a large number of companies that provide state-of-the-art hardware that support Macs, PCs, and Linux systems. Which is why we first saw the XRAID and then the XServe. Years ago, Apple needed hardware that met the needs of the large enterprise because no one else was offering products that supported Macs. Information License Updater Size 39.5 MB Developer’s website Downloads 12560 App requirements Intel 64 Intel 32 Mac OS X 10.6. Apple has never been a “Big Iron” company. Along with todays server hardware announcement, Apple today also released XSAN 2, a totally revamped version of its high-performance shared disk file system for Mac OS X. Version 2.2.2: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated. There are lots of ways to interpret this move, but the most obvious one seems to me to be the best. (Personally, I am a huge fan of the MacMini for servers, I have three of them running here in the office and they work great for us.) ![]() This morning, Apple quietly announced that it was discontinuing the XServe – which is the high-end server for XSAN and other networks – on January 31, 2011.įor folks that need servers, Apple recommends that you use either a new version of the MacPro or the MacMini. ![]()
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