Lazy Day
Damn, I haven't looked at this blog in months. No worries though. I see no one else has.
Been hella busy. The switch to Intel based XServe hardware has been very interesting. Not quite as smooth as I had first hoped, but it was more a catalog of tiny details that made this maddening. OS X server for Intel isn't the same as for PowerPC. The tons of extra code that makes the magic happen hides a glut of gremlins. The first two test bed servers are just barely ready for service.
The one I field tested in the rack at the ISP has no hardware issues nor major faults. It's just getting used to how the rhythm of the OS and the files move. In some ways, it is far quicker than I had hoped. It's just when things hit a bottleneck, I have a harder time determining what the issue is and how to dispense with it.
Oh well, that's why I make the big bucks. And tracking the upgrades and security patches covers a lot of the sins.
In other news, I'm on the verge of following my friends and co-workers into buying an Intel based laptop or desktop from Apple. I'm still holding out for the shipping date for OS 10.5 so I don't have to pay for any extra OS updates after the purchase of the computer. One rumor has it that Apple may blend iLife '07 into OS 10.5 this year and up the cost of the update. That would suck a whole lot.
My big question remains this: Is Apple going to sell two OS 10.5 installers to cover the PowerPC and Intel models or will there be a combo multi-install OS set for 5 users? How Apple handles this will point the way of the future upgrade paths. I don't want to have to pay for two separate installers for my G5 and a Core2Duo Mac.
Been hella busy. The switch to Intel based XServe hardware has been very interesting. Not quite as smooth as I had first hoped, but it was more a catalog of tiny details that made this maddening. OS X server for Intel isn't the same as for PowerPC. The tons of extra code that makes the magic happen hides a glut of gremlins. The first two test bed servers are just barely ready for service.
The one I field tested in the rack at the ISP has no hardware issues nor major faults. It's just getting used to how the rhythm of the OS and the files move. In some ways, it is far quicker than I had hoped. It's just when things hit a bottleneck, I have a harder time determining what the issue is and how to dispense with it.
Oh well, that's why I make the big bucks. And tracking the upgrades and security patches covers a lot of the sins.
In other news, I'm on the verge of following my friends and co-workers into buying an Intel based laptop or desktop from Apple. I'm still holding out for the shipping date for OS 10.5 so I don't have to pay for any extra OS updates after the purchase of the computer. One rumor has it that Apple may blend iLife '07 into OS 10.5 this year and up the cost of the update. That would suck a whole lot.
My big question remains this: Is Apple going to sell two OS 10.5 installers to cover the PowerPC and Intel models or will there be a combo multi-install OS set for 5 users? How Apple handles this will point the way of the future upgrade paths. I don't want to have to pay for two separate installers for my G5 and a Core2Duo Mac.