From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 23 15:08:13 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 B7743106564A for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:08:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568508FC19 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:08:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 34774 invoked by uid 89); 23 Nov 2008 15:08:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by mx1.identry.com with ESMTPA; 23 Nov 2008 15:08:12 -0000 In-Reply-To: <8675CD0C-6DDC-4472-A3CA-B3EA3F4A43C7@sandbox.ca> References: <8675CD0C-6DDC-4472-A3CA-B3EA3F4A43C7@sandbox.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Almberg Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:08:10 -0500 To: Ian Jefferson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List 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: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:08:13 -0000 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