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Intel NUCs are even better for home server use cases. Similar form factor, much cheaper, and you can put your own memory and storage in them. Just built my own

by omni 7y ago

Intel NUCs are even better for home server use cases. Similar form factor, much cheaper, and you can put your own memory and storage in them. Just built my own last week and it idles at 5W, it's great.

chvid 7y ago
There is no Mac OS X and Apple's service/warranty. Also if you try to match the boxes spec by spec; the Mini are usually not that much more.
- omni 7y ago
  What sort of home server use cases do people need OS X for? The only thing I could think of is running an Xcode build server but that seems quite niche.
  - wtracy 7y ago
    It appears that an OS X server can take any compatible printer and expose it to the network as a generic PostScript printer. Clients on the network only need to support PostScript, and the server handles everything device-specific. I've been tempted to buy a Mac for that alone. If there's any similar options for Linux, I would be very interested.
    - ta999999171 7y ago
      Can't Windows and Linux machines do this by "Sharing" the printer onto the network?
- uk_programmer 7y ago
  I really don't understand the fascination with Mac OS. I have two macs and tbh it feels like a polished Linux distro that doesn't run that well after a few OS versions (my 2015 Macbook Pro is so slow it is useless now and I've bought a Thinkpad). Though I will admit that I typically Brave, Brew, VSCode / Visual Studio and iTerm. It might be me just and not getting any of the real benefit, but I tend to use Windows and Linux just a shell.
- vetinari 7y ago
  Why would you want to run macOS on a server (no matter that it is just home server)? The Intel NUCs are excelent little machines. Some of them support Intel AMT, so you can have them completely headless in some cabinet.
lwhsiao 7y ago
Out of curiosity, how do you measure its idle power?
- omni 7y ago
  Kill A Watt! https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp...
yborg 7y ago
My Mac Mini home server cost was zero. I retire my old Minis for these functions, I run an IRC server on my 2009 Core 2 Duo Mini and idle power is about the same there.
- omni 7y ago
  Well we don't all get our computers off the back of trucks so I'm not sure this is relevant.

by omni 7y ago

chvid 7y ago

There is no Mac OS X and Apple's service/warranty. Also if you try to match the boxes spec by spec; the Mini are usually not that much more.

omni 7y ago
What sort of home server use cases do people need OS X for? The only thing I could think of is running an Xcode build server but that seems quite niche.
- wtracy 7y ago
  It appears that an OS X server can take any compatible printer and expose it to the network as a generic PostScript printer. Clients on the network only need to support PostScript, and the server handles everything device-specific. I've been tempted to buy a Mac for that alone. If there's any similar options for Linux, I would be very interested.
  - ta999999171 7y ago
    Can't Windows and Linux machines do this by "Sharing" the printer onto the network?
uk_programmer 7y ago
I really don't understand the fascination with Mac OS. I have two macs and tbh it feels like a polished Linux distro that doesn't run that well after a few OS versions (my 2015 Macbook Pro is so slow it is useless now and I've bought a Thinkpad). Though I will admit that I typically Brave, Brew, VSCode / Visual Studio and iTerm. It might be me just and not getting any of the real benefit, but I tend to use Windows and Linux just a shell.
vetinari 7y ago
Why would you want to run macOS on a server (no matter that it is just home server)? The Intel NUCs are excelent little machines. Some of them support Intel AMT, so you can have them completely headless in some cabinet.

lwhsiao 7y ago

Out of curiosity, how do you measure its idle power?

omni 7y ago
Kill A Watt! https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp...

yborg 7y ago

My Mac Mini home server cost was zero. I retire my old Minis for these functions, I run an IRC server on my 2009 Core 2 Duo Mini and idle power is about the same there.

omni 7y ago
Well we don't all get our computers off the back of trucks so I'm not sure this is relevant.