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You’ve Been Xserved

passed_out_xserveThe Apple Store went offline earlier this morning and when it returned, its homepage featured not a new 2TB Time Capsule, not an updated Apple TV, but a new Nehalem-based Xserve–the same one the company’s Hong Kong online store accidentally started taking orders for last week.

Zzzzzz…

Not exactly a big surprise. Still, quite a piece of machinery. Built around Intel’s (INTC) latest Nehalem Xeon Processors, the new Xserve boasts twice the performance of its predecessor, according to Apple (AAPL). It offers a 128GB SSD boot drive option and up to 3TB of internal storage and RAID 5 support. And it is, according to Apple, the best Xserve the company has ever made. It always is.
“The Xserve is the best workgroup server for our education, business and creative customers,” David Moody, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Mac Product Marketing said in a statement. “With up to twice the performance, better power efficiency and an innovative SSD drive option, this is the best Xserve we’ve ever made.”

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  • Yeah, but does anyone actually run a business on Apple servers?

    It would be nice to hear about some success stories that don't sound cooked up (free hardware to a university specifically to cook up a success story).
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