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MacWorld Expo Traffic Analysis

Posted by timothy on from the surface-level-only dept.

Bioanarchism writes "MacWorld Expo has been the receiving end of the brute force of the Internet surfers. Netcraft also reports on the Internet traffic that other Apple websites have gotten since Steve Jobs gave the opening keynote." The Windows Server 2003-based MacWorld Expo site folded under all those hits, while Apple's sites, running Mac OS X, were only knocked into sluggishness. (Server load is a complex thing, of course -- more complicated than what OS is on the servers.)

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  1. Not even a G5... by The-Bus · · Score: 5, Funny
    You know what's really embarassing?

    The Windows Server 2003-based Macworld Expo site folded under all those hits, while Apple's sites, running Mac OS X, were only knocked into sluggishness.


    To prove a point, Jobs had Apple's sites all run in a single Mac Mini. iTunes has been running on a daisy chain of seven iPod Shuffles.

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    Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.

  2. Coincidence? by af_robot · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Windows Server 2003-based Macworld Expo site folded under all those hits, while Apple's sites, running Mac OS X, were only knocked into sluggishness.

    Yea, and i'm sure the fact that author linked Macworld Expo site from a slashdot article just a *pure coincidence* :)

  3. Re:Probably slightly dodgy by sholden · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, I'm aware this is the first time a Macworld keynote hasn't been broadcast on the web live.

    The keynote at MacWorld Expo 1985 was broadcast on the web live?

    I missed that... wonder if my C-64 could have handled it.

  4. Let me explain by af_robot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just think about it for a minute:
    *Apple* MacWorld event almost killed *Microsoft* Windows Server 2003-based site.

    Mwa-ha-ha! :)

  5. Netcraft by Tom+Courtenay · · Score: 2, Funny

    If somebody doesn't make a Netcraft joke soon I'll just die.

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  6. Re:Huh? by Halo1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now that you've posted your comment, you might want to read the story to get the answer.

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  7. Re:So... by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ask Netcraft, they're the ones who brought it up

    Yeah, well we all know about Netcraft's bias against BSD-based operating systems.

  8. Netcraft confirms it by Pfhorrest · · Score: 2, Funny

    MacWorldExpo.com is dead.

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  9. LOL.... seems like we helped Macworld website by dygital · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, with the notion of Mac users bringing down the site, it seems we help with Slashdotting it. Its like a good DDoS attack. :-P

  10. Re:Me too, Another lost impulse buy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Keyboard & Mouse )Use the USB keyboard and mouse you already are using as you post on Slashdot with your crappola PC): $0

    USB keyboard? This is slashdot. Add $20 for USB-PS2 adapter so we can use our IBM Model M keyboard on the Mac.

    click. click. click.