OSIRIS wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 22:35:41 GMT, Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 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"?
It has to be Apple hardware but OS X Server will run on any current
Mac. I have it running on a Mac Mini.
Go with an XServe if you want it rack mountable with some other
headless goodies, otherwise a Mac Pro will do just fine.
Steve
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