How big/heavy is the Xserve? I have an idea...

lucaluca
Posted:
in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I was going to put this in the future hardware board, but it's too farfetched.



What if Apple added a large hinged LCD display and keyboard to the Xserve, making it an ÜberBook? Sure, it'd weigh a lot, and it'd be big and expensive, but it'd also be the most powerful laptop out there! Cooling would probably be okay since the Xserve is designed to operate with very little airspace around it. Imagine, half a terabyte of storage, 2 GB of DDR RAM, dual GHz processors, all in a luggable package that may be comparable to the Mac Portable.



It all depends on how big and heavy the Xserve is...

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    roborobo Posts: 469member
    The Xserve weighs more than my bicycle.

    I have a light bike, but still.



    then again, it's probably preferable to lugging around a minitower.



    -robo
  • Reply 2 of 5
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    For the love of Apple... NO! <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />



    I'll take it you've never seen a server rack in person. They're big (19" wide and 29" deep), heavy, LOUD as ****, and consume LOTS of power.



    überBook? Yeah right! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 3 of 5
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    That's true, I have never seen a server rack in person. It just goes to show how difficult it is to judge size by promo photos. And there's no way to see how deep they are either.



    I suppose it could only be the ÜberBook if you were Überman.



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  • Reply 4 of 5
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Well, if you watch the Xserve introduction QuickTime stream or look at some photos from across the *many* websites with reviews, you'll see them pull out a rack and you'll get a good idea of how big it really is.







  • Reply 5 of 5
    digixdigix Posts: 109member
    ?

    Size and weight



    Height: 1.73 inches (4.4 cm)



    Width: 17.6 inches (44.7 cm) for mounting in standard 19-inch rack



    Depth: 28 inches (71.1 cm)



    Weight: 26 pounds (11.8 kg); 31 pounds (14.1 kg) with four Apple Drive Modules

    ?



    <a href="http://www.apple.com/xserve/specs.html"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/xserve/specs.html</a>;



    <a href="http://www.apple.com/xserve/"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/xserve/</a>;





    You will have much more luck converting an iBook or a PowerBook into a rackmounted server instead.
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