Apple, its servers and the erratic fight in the enterprise

Just the other day I learned that Apple is repeating history and will drop yet another server line, the XServe. Although the XServe lasted a long time, its demise shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone as throughout its history, Apple has never been able to properly step into the ring when it comes to servers, especially true enterprise-class, data center systems. It has tried many, many times, but the company seems to not know how to approach the fight when it comes to making things work behind-the-scenes.

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Three Decades of Personal Computing

After looking through old MacUser and MacWorld magazines, I started to think about all of the systems I’ve used over the years. I’ve never worked with 9-track tape, but I have used 8” floppy disks and a standard 1/4” audio cassette deck as a tape drive. The world has come a long way in 30 years.

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Part-of-my-Life Computing

In 1993, my Apple PowerBook 170 was stolen from my office. Faced with replacing the machine, I seriously looked for other options as the portability was fantastic, but it was sorely lacking in instant, daily use capabilities. At that time, I explored the limited pen-based options and almost ended up with an EO. Availability and price kept me out of the EO, and I ultimately settled on a Apple PowerBook Duo 210. Despite the sub-notebook's benefits, I still could not get the idea of a pen-based, instant-on, part-of-my-life computer out of my mind.

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Flashback to Apple, circa 1986

I was scrounging around my bookshelves and stumbled across an interesting bit of history. In amongst the coffee table books were a small collection of MacUser and MacWorld magazines from 1985/86. My, we’ve come a long way.

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