On Thu, 15 May 2008 22:35:41 GMT, Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>In article
><teadams$2$0$0$3-DAA31C.18291815052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Tim Adams <teadams$2$0$0$3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> In article
<alangbaker-075826.09515815052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> > In article <1roo24trri45ufthk88qviqtu2kmlgjoda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> > OSIRIS <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Thu, 15 May 2008 04:17:55 GMT, Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >In article <qucn24h5od83btn1k62v8b4m578p9rk6rs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> > > > OSIRIS <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
[[[snip]]]
>> > > OH! The local Apple retail store told me that Apples server
solution
>> > > was Xserve and it was a hardware/software combination and that
Apple
>> > > server software would not run on regular Intel hardware. Have I
been
>> > > misinformed (or confusingly informed)? How is Mac OS X Server 10.5
>> > > different from Xserve? Could a tech who is good at doing Windows
and
>> > > Linux servers be reasonably successful setting it up?
>> >
>> > You appear to have been misinformed:
>> >
>> > <http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/specs.html>
>> >
>> > "System Requirements
>> > Mac server or desktop computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC
G4
>> > (867MHz or faster) processor; 1GB of physical RAM; 20GB of available
>> > disk space."
>>
>> Alan - he wrote "regular Intel hardware" which it will NOT run on,
unless it
>> was
>> made by Apple. :-)
>
>I realize that. I was just pointing out that an Xserve was not necessary.
Oops. Now I'm confused again. Do I understand correctly that the
hardware DOES HAVE TO BE from Apple? I can't used, as I said earlier,
"regular Intel hardware"?
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