The Apple XServe was Apple\u2019s first 1U rack-mounted server designed for professional use in data centers and businesses. It offered powerful performance for tasks like web hosting, file serving, and computational workloads, and it integrated seamlessly with Apple\u2019s Mac ecosystem, making it a strong contender in enterprise environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hardware Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Processor:<\/strong> Dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processors (later models featured G5 and Intel Xeon processors)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Memory:<\/strong> 256 MB of DDR SDRAM (expandable to 2 GB, later models up to 32 GB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Storage<\/strong>: Three drive bays supporting up to 3 ATA drives (480 GB max, later models supported 3 TB or more)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Graphics<\/strong>: ATI Rage 128 Pro with 16 MB of VRAM (later models included better options for limited graphical output)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Connectivity<\/strong>: Dual Gigabit Ethernet, two FireWire 800 ports, two USB 2.0 ports<\/p>\n\n\n\n Expansion<\/strong>: PCI-X slot (later models supported PCI Express)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Power Supply<\/strong>: 400W power supply<\/p>\n\n\n\n Operating System<\/strong>: Mac OS X Server<\/p>\n\n\n\n Original Release Date:<\/strong> 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discontinued:<\/strong> November 2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cost (New in 2002):<\/strong> \u00a33499<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cost (In 2024 Price):<\/strong> \u00a36350<\/p>\n\n\n\n Modifications I Have Made:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fitted 2 500GB hard drives<\/p>\n\n\n\n Installed Mac OS X Server 10.4.7 (Tiger)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cost to me for computer \u00a30.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cost to me for repairs and upgrades \u00a30.00<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Apple XServe was Apple\u2019s first 1U rack-mounted server designed for professional use in data centers and businesses. It offered powerful performance for tasks like web hosting, file serving, and computational workloads, and it integrated seamlessly with Apple\u2019s Mac ecosystem, making it a strong contender in enterprise environments. Hardware Specifications Processor: Dual 1 GHz PowerPC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1078,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/1078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}