On 8/8/06, Allen, Dedrick <email@hidden> wrote:
Tiger Server would have to run on the Xeons since the Mac
Pro's are out now and the Xeon XServes are due in October but Leopard not
being ready until Spring of 07. You probably need 10.4.6 or 10.4.7
however.
I see no reason logically to believe that Mac OS X Server 10.4.x for Intel hardware would not be capable of running, say, on a Mac Mini Intel Core Duo or an iMac Intel Core Duo (since Mac OS X Server for PPC is "certified" by Apple to run on the PPC versions of iMacs and Mac Minis). Why resrict to just Xeon and rule out running OS X Server
10.4.x on Duo Core?
Serg
I have noticed that when doing a build-to-order (BTO) on the Apple
site for one of the gorgeous new Xeon Mac Pro towers, we have the following
options:
Mac
OS X Server v10.4
Apple now offers 100% native Mac OS X Server v10.4 as a
preinstalled option, updating the Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" client to a full,
server operating system. With Mac OS X Server v10.4, Apple has integrated
popular open source software technologies and created innovative management
tools to make it easy to provide powerful standards-based server solutions.
Choose either the 10-Client license or Unlimited license of Apple's
award-winning UNIX-based server operating system.
None
Mac OS X Server (10-Client) [Add
$499]
Mac OS X Server (Unlimited-Client) [Add
$999]
Yet, Mac OS X Server as a stand-alone (buy it in
the box) does not list Intel Xeon as an architecture that it will run on top of,
under the Mac OS X Server specifications page...
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/specs.html
Requirements
* Macintosh computers with an Intel or PowerPC G4 or G5
processor
* At least 512MB of RAM
* AT least 10 GB of available disk space.
* Built-in
FireWire
Hmmm ... what gives? I know Apple is busy this
week and its probably a mad house at Moscone, but it would be nice to know if
Mac OS X Server 10.4.x is available for Intel architecture (hopefully not just
Xeon but also Core in today's iMacs and Mac Minis).
Serg
