by Kenny Hemphill
on 13 December 2010
in Last Word
So long, Xserve. In January 2011, Apple will stop selling the Xserve. For most Mac users and Apple customers, it will barely register. For a significant minority, it will herald a complete re-think of their system architecture. For while Apple nods in the direction of the Mac Pro and Mac mini as potential replacements, no company that relies on rack-mounted servers will be happy with a tower or mini. Neither have support for power supply redundancy or easily swappable storage drives, for example.
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by Nik Rawlinson
on 24 November 2010
in Editorial
I don’t own an Xserve, and it’s unlikely I ever would have bought one, but that doesn’t mean I don’t mourn its passing. Xserve was an iconic product and, despite the fact that the most any of us ever saw of it was the 19in slice of its front screwed into a server rack, it looked just as good – and as understated – as a MacBook Pro or Mac mini. Its looks alone aren’t why I’m sorry to see it go, though. I’m concerned about public perception.
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