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Apple Blurs the Server Line With Mac Mini Server
Toe, The writes "Today Apple announced several new hardware offerings, including a new Mac mini, their (almost-literally) pint-sized desktop computer. In a bizarre twist, they are now also offering a Mac mini with Mac OS X Server bundled in, along with a two hard drives somehow stuffed into the tiny package. Undoubtedly, many in the IT community will scoff at the thought of calling such a device a 'server.' However, with the robust capabilities of Snow Leopard Server (a true, if highly GUI-fied, UNIX server), it seems likely to find a niche in small businesses and even enthusiasts' homes. The almost completely guided setup process means that people can set up relatively sophisticated services without the assistance of someone who actually knows what they are doing. What the results will be in terms of security, etc. will be... interesting to watch as they develop." El Reg has a good roundup article of the many announcements; the multi-touch Magic Mouse is right up there on the techno-lust-inspiration scale.
the local telco hates the idea of competition and thus blocks low ports so as to keep small companies from cost effectively hosting in house.
Are you living in a communist country where competition is prohitibed by the government or something? Why don't you just drop your ISP and move to someone who does provide you with the service you require?
Pretty good is actually pretty bad.
Do you dislike consulting so much that you'd slam one of your clients on a public forum? I'm not sure about you, but that just doesn't seem like a business model for success.
You come across sounding pompous, rather than informative.
Try to remember the idiom, "Discretion is the better part of valour"
You say that like the guy has a choice.
Doesn't he? Last time I checked, it's a free market out there in most countries. I obviously don't know about your or his specific situation, but it seems very normal to me to be able to pick from a dozen of different ISP's for DSL, cable or fibre.
Pretty good is actually pretty bad.
Bad analogy. Kia =/= Honda whereas a Compaq PC-compatible == Mac in terms of reliability. Here's a better analogy:
So Honda announced a bunch of new Acura models.
Cool. I was looking at buying a new Civic for $15k. Can I buy one of those new Acuras for that price? I don't see any listed here or on acura.com. (shrug). I guess I'll buy the Civic instead of the overpriced luxury model.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
So Honda has announced a freight truck for $1K more than Accord, with gas mileage of Insight and that fits in your family garage alongside your consumer car.
Sweet!
...been there too.
It's a royal PITA to have to make a stupid appointment with a
"genius" just to find out what you already know and be told
that it will be 2 weeks before your machine is back in your
posession.
I can't really see that sort of level of support working for
any sort of server.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.