Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:08:11 -0600 From: "Andrew Gould" <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: "John Almberg" <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Ian Jefferson <ijeff@sandbox.ca> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? Message-ID: <d356c5630811240508o1abc5f9hbff60f3a32b5a8a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CE25650E-9A25-48B4-BD81-9EE17206A860@identry.com> References: <8675CD0C-6DDC-4472-A3CA-B3EA3F4A43C7@sandbox.ca> <CE25650E-9A25-48B4-BD81-9EE17206A860@identry.com>
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> wrote: > On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: > > Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? >> >> > I don't know the answer to your question, but don't think it's a crazy one. > One of the most interesting things I've seen, lately, is a hosting company > that uses stacks of Mac Minis running OS X Server. They may not be the thing > for mission-critical services, but for day-to-day web hosting, they are far > better (IMHO) than the typical WinTel or Linux white box systems that fill > colo facilities. Need redundancy? Plunk down another $500 bucks! One of > Apple's coolest products, I think. > > -- John > Ian, You could always test it using VMWare Fusion........and then let us know ;-) With a vm, you wouldn't have to worry about Apple's hardware booting process. Andrew
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