From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 24 13:08:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E0A41065675 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:08:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97BE48FC23 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so795374eyi.7 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:08:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=zRKJ1q1NMUVXtqus+9XxrY3qbvURs8T4kSFWW1+11nA=; b=mRRCl3w7nvKFCNu0g/sD50y8o4g6IXods2UgIMrP+I7hQ4lDrNwlYL9AnQvLzO2dYp +MJRekW0snawnn2iaZWyF+9bJsC3VNr1rgh4BpCvRfUbcVIMGNx/PRHdrMELlVtzqHZo DcMPg2NOIENFA1oV/8xRxdFFyd4Scxgqfdaq4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=sOe/923/9QEJlva0mYnnl8qaIKZifS9w0womnc3rmmGBhQkXvaMTVEExjkxuYJm0cX GY986/4eI96zZUS4oY2NDtUuietB7Z5nhrliWE2MHELGYGVWliVCEnEWWxSa28ltTr7+ h8baygo+KO1XV01f6dEierqsp4qwHyknSthpo= Received: by 10.103.244.19 with SMTP id w19mr1058902mur.134.1227532091183; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:08:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.228.17 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:08:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:08:11 -0600 From: "Andrew Gould" To: "John Almberg" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8675CD0C-6DDC-4472-A3CA-B3EA3F4A43C7@sandbox.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List , Ian Jefferson Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:08:13 -0000 On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg 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