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Apple killing Xserve, Lion server dying?

Apple has done very strange things these days. Apple has just killed on of their most successful machines. The Xserve will be no more as of January 31st. The Xserve was a huge supercomputer that never really took off. The machine looked great and was very reliable, but the price for their performance was extremely high. The Xserve will be sadly missed by companies who use the Xserve. Apple’s clients will need to see a better version of the Xserve or will have to move to a different company. Apple is trying to push the MobileMe enterprise edition out to the public. Apple’s clients will have to switch to the Mac Pros or the Minis, unless Apple decides to license its servers. I doubt that Apple will license because Apple is unsure whether there will be a new version of the OSX Server. The 10.7 Lion Server is also in danger of being crushed. Apple is trying to focus on the Mac Pros and Minis which means that the Lion servers in a huge risk of being cut out. The 1U Rack mountable servers were always interesting to open up and figure out how Apple even pushed he motherboard, hard drives, and equipment into two dimensions.

I feel sad for Apple, by cutting the Xserves out that leaves a big gap in the computer industry. Many computers are mounted on the Xserve, it serves as an application, file server, web service, or even high performance computing applications using clustering. The Xserve initially featured one or two Power PC G4 processors nut was later switched over to the new PowerPC G5. Now it runs on two quad- core Intel Nehalem microprocessors. With the new Mac Pro with Snow Leopard coming out to replace the Xserve, it shows a huge difference between the two. The Mac Pro outdoes the Xserve with so much more storage; it compiles 1 TB when the Xserve only holds 160 GB. It holds 12U on shelf compared to 1U from the Xserve. The performance is almost exactly the same from file sharing and on. Apple is trying to say that the Mac Mini and Pro are smaller but brings great capability in an efficient form. The Mac Pro is the exact same price as the X serve with the snow Leopard. It may not be that hard of a transition after all.

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When Will Everyone Have Apple TVs?

The strong competitors are finally joining the Internet set top box market and for such a new niche they’ve created some pretty impressive stuff with products like Boxee and Google TV. Their thorough (and sexy) aggregation of all that Internet content is their selling point, completely one-upping Apple TV’s feature set. This is one product where Apple has been surprisingly un-revolutionary. From its 2007 inception beside the iPhone there have been many, more reasonable alternatives with more features. Both the iPhone and Apple TV were App-less at that time, and three years later look at how much the App Store addition has affected the iPhone (while Apple TV turned iTV and got Netflix). Now that we’re all trained in the iOS ways it will take much less time to reach this point on the iTV – if it ever gets an App Store.

The iTV App Store would bring the amount of endless capability that has come to the iPhone and iPad to your TV, without the limitations of the small screen. Current App Store developers would develop for this interface and provide their Video, Music, Entertainment, Productivity, Game, and (maybe) even Cable content to the Apple TV because it gives them a huge audience and the power to be in control of the delivery of their content.

Adding a wireless keyboard and trackpad (or an iPad — basically the size of my macbook’s keyboard/trackpad) would give it the ability to replace the desktop — an OSX Lion App could simply handle all the tasks that the iOS Apps couldn’t. If Apple can stuff a bunch of memory and a fast processor into that tiny black box all you’d need is an external hard drive and you’re computer would not only fit in your pocket, but become one with your TV.

Sound good – or am I just fanaticizing about never having to see the Comcast On-Demand menu ever again?

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Mac App Store Devs, Get Set, Ready, Go Submit!

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Mac App Store Devs, get your apps ready!

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Apple’s online store is now open in China!

CUPERTINO, California — October 26, 2010 — Apple launched the Apple Store in China. The link to the online store is (http://store.apple.com/cn/). Apple’s online store is the easiest and most convenient way to purchase Apple products, such as the iPhone 4, iPad, and iPod touch. The online store provides free shipping, free personalized engraving on any iPod or iPad, and the chance to configure any Mac the way you like it. The online Apple Store offers a huge variety of third-party software and accessories. The online Apple Store is the only place you can purchase the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED.

The online Apple Store also provides special education pricing on Apple products for eligible students and faculty members. The online Apple Store launched just in time for the holiday season. Gift wrapping is also available with the purchase of most Apple products including the iPod, iPad, and iPhone.

Also starting today, Apple’s App Store in Simplified Chinese is now accessible by customers in China. The App Store hosts localized featured apps and charts of the most popular apps in China. The App Store is provided to iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone users. The App Store is the world’s largest catalog of apps. There are over 300,000 apps in 20 categories. The categories range from games to medical.

The opening of Apple’s online store is something I am very happy about. China has so many people that there is a large variety of future customers for Apple. Apple is taking advantage of one of the world’s biggest markets. China is a great place for selling Apple products and I am sure that the online store will be a success.

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AirPlay, So Easy and Wireless!

What is AirPlay?  AirPlay allows the user to stream videos and music wirelessly through your iTouch, iPhone, iPod with the iTunes music player with iOS 4.2. iOS 4.2 is updated software that comes with many new features such as AirPlay. When you find that one incredible picture that you want to show to a party, you can stream it to your T.V. effortlessly. The whole party will be astonished at the picture and how easily you sent your picture to the T.V., no wires attached. All you need is an Apple T.V. and you will be wor7ry free. Technically of course because nothing is worry free. You can stream your videos easily to your T.V. Just think, you’re watching an amazing action scene on your iTouch. That little screen doesn’t give you enough emotion so instead you turn your T.V. on and click the AirPlay icon and there you go. The full action scene except on your T.V. that is easily bigger to see then on your iTouch.

The ease of use of the AirPlay is definitely recognizable. I always have those moments when I want to watch an action scene, but sadly I have to see it on my iTouch. Now that AirPlay has come out, I love the way that I can turn my T.V. on and easily play that action scene. Now that many movies have come out with major effects, it makes AirPlay that much more useful.

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