Why Apple killed Xserve

Friday Nov. 5th 2010, Apple decided to kill the Xserve. Here is why. (It will no longer be available after January 31, but Apple will continue to fully support it.)

Excerpts are from Apple's special event in January 2010, and from the D8 Conference in June 2010.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Apple
• Xserve
• discontinued

[WeAreTwoDoorsDown]

So if they're a "Mobile Devices Company" does that mean they will soon kill the Mac Pro, and Mac Mini?

I personally was going to buy a sew Xserves, but now I can't.

[GeekChique]

@macprorocks Well exactly. Look at iCloud. Apple don't want to sell you a server once, they want to sell you a servICE EVERY month.

[ayro26]

@WeAreTwoDoorsDown as can you see with Mac Os 10.8 , Macbook and İmac's turn a mobile devices. They try to use iOs in every Apple product. Mac Os and other Apple's OS transform to iOs .. They don't try to be unix, they don't need to be windows.

They want to be education's, home users', graphic and design's lover's company. And they walk at this way... Its simple.

[Tuxster3]

I knew he was sick, but god he looked like shit!

[TheKazable]

I know you mac people are totally going to shoot down this comment but the xservers were taken off cause they were really unpopular in data centers and people hated using them because they overheated like crazy. and even then, apples server os is really not that great so most xservers i have ever seen ran windows server anyway.

[AmitAhuja12345]

I love watching Steve Jobs keynotes

[SimonLYW]

@TheWinMacLinTechie Why not look at it from another view. In the world of PCs there are all the machines you listed, with the addition of Macs, rather than separating them into 2 separate camps. If I want a small netbook just for checking email and browsing the web I get that, if I want a cheap desktop solution for filling an office I get windows machines, if I want to develop iPhone apps or edit video in OSX I get a powerful Mac, if I want an ultraportable I get a MacBook Air etc.

[TheWinMacLinTechie]

@4izm0v ok maybe I exaggerated with over 1000, but let's be honest here. PC hardware can range from a small netbook to a powerful desktop setup designed for development, networked business solutions, and, yes, gaming. They feature cool tools like fingerprint readers, facial recognition cameras, blu-ray players, etc. They come in multiple colors and designs (that's being unique, apple hipsters!). They will soon be able to boot up in 8 seconds or less. Windows itself is powerful

[4izm0v]

@vitalsfading *shakes head*

[4izm0v]

@AnasTangi Why would you use a term like 'wake up'?

[4izm0v]

@GeekChique Most things won't count towards your usage.

[4izm0v]

@TheWinMacLinTechie Care to list them?