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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.

    --

    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.