In article <qoup2456glhc4s4oal65tgn7mbof7n8bso@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
OSIRIS <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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"?
You have to use a Mac, yes.
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