As far as servers go, if you don't need the sophistication of OS X and its great development tools and process handling, why not just use an off-the-shelf and s

As far as servers go, if you don't need the sophistication of OS X and its great development tools and process handling, why not just use an off-the-shelf and supported desktop (i.e., Lenovo ThinkCentre) with *BSD on it? Paying the premium for monolithic construction and an OS that is likely never going to see the height of its potential in a specified application seems a bit much.