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Apple's Mac Pro Server to substitute Xserve
By siliconindia
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Monday, 08 November 2010, 20:18 IST
Bangalore: After January 31, it is not possible to buy an Xserve, the Apple server meant for large businesses. Apple says it will however continue to support the hardware, including warranties and customer service. Apple hadn't updated the hardware since April 2009, which is a long time between updates for a company that keeps its hardware on a 9-month to a year update cycle.
Now, Apple is offering a substitute. The Mac Pro will now come in a server edition, starting at $2,999. It comes with a 2.8 gigahertz quad-core Intel Xeon processor, but can be configured with up to two 2.93 gigahertz six-core Xeon processors, and up to 32GB of memory. It also has four hard drive bays, and will come with Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard.
The company has also made moves recently that show it is positioning itself to grow its small share of enterprise computing. According to IDC, Apple had 3.6 percent of all commercial computer sales during the third quarter of this year.