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Quote: Originally Posted by MarkJones If it hasn't been any clearer that Apple is completely leaving the pro market to focus strictly on the consumer market. 1: Apple Computer Inc. changes name to Apple Inc. 2: Bootcamp (Windows only? What …
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Quote: Originally Posted by aaarrrgggh I don't believe that is a legitimate argument. Bottom line was. apple didn't have a compelling family. They needed blades and a 2U enclosure for hardware, and some significant networking, storage, and manag…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht I think it depends on how well/easily enterprise apps can be built on the platform. Almost every (large) IT shop deploys BB servers so most companies have a fairly large install base of BB phones deployed. We…
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab It really depends on how stuff are rendered on the screen --- not whether the screen is physically larger or not. Not even considering the lack of Adobe Flash on the ipad --- Apple has always been the last to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by samab That's like saying that my minivan should cost more than a Ferrari because my minivan sits 7 people and the Ferrari sits 2. Strange comparison. That makes no sense at all. Given that the screen is by far…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Nano_tube From everything I have read Mac OS X Server is a mediocre server OS - at best. Unless one needs to use it for specific reasons, any Linux variant completely trumps it (CentOS for example). Anyway, Apple i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by monstrosity Listen 'friend', you are showing your lack of experience (or blind disdain) for the GUI. You are the last of a breed. We can find a nice little home for you in a museum somewhere if you like. There's a w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ktappe While I agree with most of what you say, it is easy to answer where one would get the idea of Apple expecting you to use the server admin app.: The exam. If you want to become an ACTC and ACSA, you must know the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone /root much? Public-facing Mac OS X server machines simply can't be managed via server admin app and be secure as the software settings are inherently outdated and simply not PCI compliant. We do use a lot…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone You would think so but nothing is in the same place as Linux You won't find /etc/init.d or /var/www or /etc/httpd/httpd.conf It is an easter egg hunt. With Apple you are expected to use the server admin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gustav Sounds like the same place you derived your logic from. Small business can get buy quite easily using Mac minis as their server infrastructure. Nobody's suggesting Amazon run their store from Mac minis. Your pos…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kolchak What's to keep people from building Hackintosh servers if they need rack mount? Pick up a 4U case, throw in a decent PS, mobo, Core i7, lots of RAM, a Silicon Image RAID controller and four hard drives. Install…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone One reason IT people were not that interested in Xserve is because it is a completely foreign OS for them. I would speculate that almost every Xserve was maintained by the person who bought it and installed it. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody I don't think you know what you're talking about. Apple leaves the room when there is no money to be made. As long as desktops are around and selling, Apple will be making them. They will also likely be…
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Not sure why there is a discussion of IOS replacing Mac OS X. Such clueless comments... The Mac OS will be alive and kicking as long as Apple will produce computers, which I imagine will be for a very long time. No cloud service will change that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tjw ha, so so so narrow minded. Millions if not billions of people NEED windows computers, take enterprise - a mac is crap there, just a silver toy. And did you really just compare flash to crack and heroine? REALLY? …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Xian Zhu Xuande Curiously they are pushed heavily at stores like Best Buy, where there is no associated commission, by salesmen who believe through and through that they are the superior product. This is because displa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kibitzer My first choice these days goes to Belkin. Long-time cable and accessories manufacturer - quality products - reasonable prices - broad range. Monoprice.com was mentioned earlier and they do deliver very hig…
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Glancing at the patent's that Motorola wants to invalidate, they might as well try to invalidate patent rights to Mac OS X... These are very fundamental patents and I find it more than unlikely that they would succeed, but that they go the route …
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Combining two old school, lackluster companies with little innovation does not make one great company \