Just Curious:What Can Run OS X Server?

[rekhyt]

I was reading through Apple's site today on Mac OS X Leopard (Server Edition) and it was seriously amazing! I thought OS X was the limit and that was already awesome enough, but the Server edition blows the roof off!

... Sorry.

Ok, what can run OS X Server? Just Mac Pros/XServes? What about Mac Minis?

 

[DHagan4755]

Anything in Apple's Mac product line-up can run OS X Server. It's just that it's really meant for a Mac Pro or Xserve.

 

[reh]

Mac server or desktop computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor; 1GB of physical RAM; 20GB of available disk space.

http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/specs.html

 

[rekhyt]

OMG Really? Does that mean that if I buy an iMac or Mac Mini I can run OS X Server? (Is OS X Server just like the normal flavor of OSX but just with added features? Like can it browse the internet/do home user features+server features at the same time?)

 

[chrismacguy]

Basically OS X Server has most of the same applications, just with a much more server-related feature set. It also has things like Podcast producer, and it runs an iCal server, that sort of thing. I dont think it comes with iLife, but Safari is certainly available. I wouldnt recommend anything below a Intel machine (Technically, you could put it on a G4, but I wouldn't).

 

[Fizzoid]

Had it running on a G4 PowerBook 1.5Ghz. It was slow, but it did the job

 

[stuarthatto]

Maybe I am being dumb here, but why would you pay an ADDITIONAL $499 for OS X Server when you can get everything it does as a server for free with BSD or Linux/Ubuntu?

I don't get it - why so excited you can run a server OS on an iMac?

 

[mags631]

I was reading through Apple's site today on Mac OS X Leopard (Server Edition) and it was seriously amazing! I thought OS X was the limit and that was already awesome enough, but the Server edition blows the roof off!

... Sorry.

Ok, what can run OS X Server? Just Mac Pros/XServes? What about Mac Minis?

I'm running Leopard Server on a first generation Intel Mini now. While I really enjoy the remote administration tools, I only use it as a DNS and file server.

 

[rekhyt]

I don't know. It sounds really cool from the site. Lol. :\