[X Newbies] A Server or not a Server?

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 8/18/03 4:04 PM, "Andy Caldwell, AIA" <andy at rwmaia.com> wrote:

> 
> What are the advantages of buying a server (such as an X-Serve) over simple
> file sharing?
> (other than the obvious web-hosting and mail-hosting capability)
> 
> We're upgrading our office to new OSX machines soon.  Currently we have an
> old 8500 that's got all the office files on it's hard drive.  Not a true
> server, just file sharing for 6 other computers on the network.

If all you are doing is file sharing, it'll be a lot easier, not to mention
cheaper, to just use any Mac running OS X. There aren't many advantages in
your situation to having an X-Serve, other than the cool-factor.  :-)



Kirk


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