Look at those figures again. It's $97 000 for half a terabyte. That's insane! When the 1TB Xserve RAID goes for $6000, I don't care how much more redundancy this DS6000 unit has. I am not blowing more than sixteen times the dough for half the disk!
The iMac offers the smallest footprint ever, but you can make that zero with an optional VESA mount. Hang it from the wall or swing it around on your desk. (Coming soon to the Apple store.)
Don't worry Granddad, you won't have to give up your precious CLI. Many of Tiger's new features, such as Core Image and the H.264 codec, mean nothing in the Terminal world, but I have heard of at least one - Spotlight, arguably the biggest feature of them all - which has been made to be accesible from the CLI as well as the GUI. There is a place for you shell-lovin' fogeys in Apple's grand plan!
A Mac running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux...
It is true if they need a selection! Do you think there is nearly enough selection in the indie market? What happens when people want to buy the great majority of popular music? Duh.
I don't want to be one of those jerks on the express bus where eveyone can hear that I'm listening to Led Zeppelin's "Since I've Been Loving You" at moderate to high volumes.
That's not my problem. I use the white buds, and I don't like my music loud. But I do like to sing along. I have a feeling that I'd be a bit more annoying than you on the express bus. Imagine you're sitting there enjoying the ride, and suddenly some twerp behind you starts belting out:
I am the eye in the sky, looking at you-oo!
I can read your mind!
I am the maker of rules, dealing with foo-ools!
I can cheat you blind!
Suddenly the guy with the open-ear headphones isn't the biggest jerk on the bus, is he?
Second, if you can figure out a way to significantly reduce the power required by chips while maintaining performance, you will be fabulously wealthy and revolutionize the world of computing.
So the designers of the PPC 970FX are fabulously wealthy computing revolutionaries? Well, they certainly deserve more praise and material reward than the makers of Prescott. Now if only yields were a bit higher...
Nope. This is a 2.5" drive, which is too big. The iPod Mini uses the Microdrive; the white iPod has a 1.8" drive. This drive will fit in neither device. In fact, it's wider than the entire iPod.
Of course, over time the iPod will have more and more capacious drives. But this isn't one of them.
(In the courtyard is a 50 foot high statue of LISTER, in "toilet
position", holding its penis, positioned so that it can pee into the
courtyard fountain.)
GILBERT: I am most awfully sorry about the statue, sir. The contractors still haven't devised a way of making it urinate champagne into the courtyard, although I am assured that it will be fully functional for the royal visit this week.
If Apple had used Linux for the base system, they would have been forced to be part of the community and give full value in return instead of getting away with dropping a bone here and there.
Sigh. In the process of turning OPENSTEP into Mac OS X, why in the name of salted peanuts should Avie and his team have ripped everything out and started again with Linux? Or do you not even know the history of NextSTEP?
Besides, what source doesn't Apple share already, that a GNU license would force them to? Darwin is totally open. You can download the source here.
Ah, thanks for pointing out a big oopsie. You can upgrade the one hard drive to a 250 GB Apple Drive Module, but indeed you cannot add drives in the Cluster Node model. 250 GB is still better than 80 GB, though.
Now, of Apple's hardware and software support in enterprise I have little knowledge. I do know that they offer that parts kit for customers who can fix things themselves. Apparently it's very easy to service an Xserve. But I can see how that wouldn't be enough for a lot of the big guys. So then there's AppleCare Premium Service and Support for Xserve, which (quoting Apple)
...provides onsite response within four hours during business hours, and next-day onsite response when you contact AppleCare after business hours.
Is that "Enterprise ready" or "thin on the ground"? Not being in IT myself, I don't know what the standard is.
I don't think you'll have much luck getting linux support from Apple.
Well, that's what Terra Soft Solutions is there for. They're the one Mac reseller that preloads and supports Linux on the machines they sell. If, like the US Navy, you want Xserves running Linux, you turn to Terra Soft.
Now for an aside that really is offtopic. If all you want is an Xserve RAID for your storage needs - and you'd want one because the Xserve RAID, I believe, is surprisingly far cheaper than the competition - Apple does support its use with servers running Red Hat, Yellow Dog, and Windows 2000 and 2003.
Yes it does. Admittedly the $500 to upgrade the OS X Server license to Unlimited Client is steep, and negates the price/performance savings.
But since Terra Soft Solutions will sell both products with its 64-bit Yellow Dog Linux, you can do better. That's why I didn't mention the OS issue, because with Terra Soft coming into play, you've got a Linux option.
There is an announcement on the YellowDogLinux.com page regarding... some custom hardware from IBM.
This is the "custom hardware" in question. Offtopic, am I?
As for space, that was the one reason I could think of. You do save on racks with the Blade form factor. However, it's not strictly 2 to 1. Since each BladeServer JS20 has only 80% of the processing power, you have to buy five fourths as many of them for equivalent performance, which partly negates the floor space savings.
Also, the JS20 consumes more power because it (apparently) uses the original 970, not the Xserve's 970FX. This means bigger power bills.
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Ah, you're thinking of pre-Panther Preview, FLEB. I should have been specific. Panther's Preview has searching - in fact, it's that amazing live searching like in iTunes - and text selection. It may even have image selection, I'm not sure. It's also ridiculously fast at displaying.
The grandparent post is mine, actually. I forgot to sign in.
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Insane!
Macs haven't had model numbers for eight years. What exactly is a PowerBook 54?
But the graphics performance is unparalleled - in consumer Macs. This really is the best graphics that has ever been in an eMac, iBook, or iMac.
Don't worry Granddad, you won't have to give up your precious CLI. Many of Tiger's new features, such as Core Image and the H.264 codec, mean nothing in the Terminal world, but I have heard of at least one - Spotlight, arguably the biggest feature of them all - which has been made to be accesible from the CLI as well as the GUI. There is a place for you shell-lovin' fogeys in Apple's grand plan!
A Mac running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux with Mac On Linux running Panther with Classic running OS 9 with the Classic version of Virtual PC 5 emulating a Pentium running Windows 2000 with PearPC emulating a PowerPC running Yellow Dog Linux...
Yes, I am a picky bastard.
Blame Canada.com!
It is true if they need a selection! Do you think there is nearly enough selection in the indie market? What happens when people want to buy the great majority of popular music? Duh.
That's not my problem. I use the white buds, and I don't like my music loud. But I do like to sing along. I have a feeling that I'd be a bit more annoying than you on the express bus. Imagine you're sitting there enjoying the ride, and suddenly some twerp behind you starts belting out:
I am the eye in the sky, looking at you-oo!
I can read your mind!
I am the maker of rules, dealing with foo-ools!
I can cheat you blind!
Suddenly the guy with the open-ear headphones isn't the biggest jerk on the bus, is he?
So the designers of the PPC 970FX are fabulously wealthy computing revolutionaries? Well, they certainly deserve more praise and material reward than the makers of Prescott. Now if only yields were a bit higher...
Nope. This is a 2.5" drive, which is too big. The iPod Mini uses the Microdrive; the white iPod has a 1.8" drive. This drive will fit in neither device. In fact, it's wider than the entire iPod. Of course, over time the iPod will have more and more capacious drives. But this isn't one of them.
How the heck did you do that?
The truth needs to be heard! Mod parent up!
(In the courtyard is a 50 foot high statue of LISTER, in "toilet position", holding its penis, positioned so that it can pee into the courtyard fountain.)
GILBERT: I am most awfully sorry about the statue, sir. The contractors still haven't devised a way of making it urinate champagne into the courtyard, although I am assured that it will be fully functional for the royal visit this week.
Besides, what source doesn't Apple share already, that a GNU license would force them to? Darwin is totally open. You can download the source here.
Now, of Apple's hardware and software support in enterprise I have little knowledge. I do know that they offer that parts kit for customers who can fix things themselves. Apparently it's very easy to service an Xserve. But I can see how that wouldn't be enough for a lot of the big guys. So then there's AppleCare Premium Service and Support for Xserve, which (quoting Apple)
Is that "Enterprise ready" or "thin on the ground"? Not being in IT myself, I don't know what the standard is.Well, that's what Terra Soft Solutions is there for. They're the one Mac reseller that preloads and supports Linux on the machines they sell. If, like the US Navy, you want Xserves running Linux, you turn to Terra Soft.
Now for an aside that really is offtopic. If all you want is an Xserve RAID for your storage needs - and you'd want one because the Xserve RAID, I believe, is surprisingly far cheaper than the competition - Apple does support its use with servers running Red Hat, Yellow Dog, and Windows 2000 and 2003.
But since Terra Soft Solutions will sell both products with its 64-bit Yellow Dog Linux, you can do better. That's why I didn't mention the OS issue, because with Terra Soft coming into play, you've got a Linux option.
And (I am quite curious) why did you post in monospace?
As for space, that was the one reason I could think of. You do save on racks with the Blade form factor. However, it's not strictly 2 to 1. Since each BladeServer JS20 has only 80% of the processing power, you have to buy five fourths as many of them for equivalent performance, which partly negates the floor space savings.
Also, the JS20 consumes more power because it (apparently) uses the original 970, not the Xserve's 970FX. This means bigger power bills.
The grandparent post is mine, actually. I forgot to sign in.
BladeCenter JS20
Specs, as stated on IBM's page:
Modular blade server optimized for the BladeCenter enclosure
Two PowerPC® 970 processors at up to 1.6GHz standard
512MB standard/4GB max PC2700 ECC DDR memory
Up to two IDE hard disk drives for 80GB maximum internal storage
Two Gigabit Ethernet controllers standard with load balancing and failover features
$2,699
How disappointing. For the sake of perspective, here's the Xserve G5 Cluster Node:
Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
512MB DDR400 ECC SDRAM
80GB Serial ATA drive
Mac OS X Server (10 Client)
Dual Gigabit Ethernet
$2,999
OK, so the IBM server is slightly cheaper. But look what you get:
slower processors: 1.6 GHz vs. 2.0 GHz
slower memory: 333MHz vs. 400MHz
slower storage: ATA-100 vs. SATA
no storage in the standard model: 0 GB vs. 80 GB
less expandable storage: 80 GB vs. 750 GB
less expandable memory: 4 GB vs. 8 GB
That being the case, I'd say this is a disappointing product. Why would anyone choose it over the Xserve?
That's nothing. You should see how fast they get those "electron" hot rods going.
Isn't that a shaver? You know, the one with seven blades?