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Ask HN: Why doesn't Apple sell servers?

• chenster 10y ago
  It does. http://www.apple.com/lae/osx/server/ http://www.apple.com/lae/osx/server/
• cjbprime 10y ago
  They sell the Mac Mini and the Mac Pro. They used to sell a rackmount XServe but they stopped. The Mac Mini fits in datacenter racks quite well, and the Mac Pro works for when you have the space for it. Presumably not enough people wanted to buy rackmount XServes to make it worthwhile to produce them.
  • joseluisq 10y ago
    Maybe low business strategy? I don't think that large companies are using Mac OS X Server.. or?
    • pmontra 10y ago
      Some services are built around racks of Minis and Pros. Online tests for iOS apps and I don't remember what image processing service that needs to use OSX.
• davelnewton 10y ago
  Ignoring the old XServes: Why would they? OSX is positioned as a desktop, consumer platform. There's little reason to try to unseat cheaper Unix-like platforms. It's a market saturated with a gazillion performant alternatives. The amount of support and sales required to make it a profitable line would remove Apple's focus from their core products (let's be honest, it's iOS, and to a lesser extent, OSX).