Section: Macintosh / Apple Hardware, Desktop Macs, Mac mini, Servers, XServe, Mac Software, Apple Software, Features, Opinions and Editorials, Operating Systems, Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, Originals
With the recent demise of XServe (Apple’s flagship server product), technology bloggers have been abuzz with speculation that OS X Server must be next on the chopping block. Has Apple completed a mystical transformation into a consumer electronics company, devoid of concern for desktop hardware? Does Apple not care at all about data centers? The answer is resoundingly “no,” though the justification for the move is not quite so simple.
Justify Your Existence
Apple knows how to ride a wave. There was a mythical “iPod Halo” posited back in the day when the iPod started to get really successful. The theory went that iPod users would be favorably influenced by their iPod’s ease of use and then get an insane desire to buy a Mac, because […]
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