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Mac OS X Lion features multi-user remoting, offers inexpensive Windows Server alternative
Right down at the bottom of the Mac OS X Lion page on the Apple website is a tidbit that we should probably pay more attention to: OS X Lion will come with Lion Server built-in. It will be included on the same disc -- it will come pre-installed with every Mac that Apple sells. You will get all of the juicy Server features for free.Now, this isn't to say that Lion Server has an overwhelming feature set, but it's more than enough to run a home or small business network -- and when you compare it to the cost of a preconfigured Windows Home Server box or Small Business Server 2008, which can be hundreds of dollars, it becomes a very good deal indeed.
If we haven't sold you yet, check out a feature that 9to5 Mac has just discovered in Lion Server: multi-user remoting. Multi-user remoting means that someone can be sitting at a Mac with OS X Lion installed, and someone else can log in remotely without interrupting the current user. If you prefer Windows terminology, it's like running concurrent RDP sessions.
9to5 Mac goes on to mention that if you have MobileMe and combine it with Back to my Mac you should be able to have concurrent users logging in from all over the world. There might be some potential tie-ins with future versions of iOS, too!
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Subscribe to commentsSatish MummadiFeb 27th 2011 7:13PM
All I want is a control to shut-down LCD display when I connect my External display to MacBook.
I hate the Clamshell USB trick. Windows has better display controls IMO
KarlWFeb 28th 2011 2:03PM
@Satish Mummadi
Brightness -> 0. Turns the backlight off. I assume you're doing it to extend the lifetime of your display, so it's the backlight you're going to be thinking of.
Then again, even CCFL backlights can last for years on 24/7 usage. All new Macs/iOS devices have LED backlights, which last even longer (and are brighter, and warm up immediately)
ChrisFeb 27th 2011 7:25PM
Please stop writing articles about things you don't know anything about. In the future before you make disparaging allegations about the lack of features in a server OS you ought to speak to a qualified expert who uses OSX Server and Windows Server. When you don't, those of us who do won't be immediately dismissive of your posts as woefully lacking any real research or accurate information. If you want to be considered a journalist and not just a blogger adhering to the standards of researching your stories isn't optional.
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 27th 2011 7:34PM
@Chris Damned if I do, damned if I don't...
Why, Jobs, why? *shakes fist*
Dr_whiteFeb 27th 2011 8:14PM
LOL, yeah, I esp love THIS:
[b]when you compare it to the cost of a preconfigured Windows Home Server box or Small Business Server 2008, which can be hundreds of dollars, it becomes a very good deal indeed.[/b]
Their seriously comparing the cost of an OS to the cost of an OS [b]and[/b] a server and calling Lion the "inexpensive alternative". Talk about zero credibility.
ragtagFeb 27th 2011 8:56PM
@Chris Give the guy a break, the article was more or less all positive. If I was writing the article, I would have angled it in the direction of Apple giving up on the high-end server market. Their raids went first, then their server hardware, and now the server version of OSX is getting merged with the main one, and dumbed down for home users. It is kind of understandable, as Apple never really managed to make a dent in the server market, which is completely owned by Linux and Windows.
SilverWaveFeb 28th 2011 3:02AM
@Sebastian Anthony
LOL
I told you heh :-)
Dr_whiteFeb 27th 2011 8:15PM
(Oh, Downloadsquad, why do you hate my BBcode editor so?)
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 28th 2011 5:05AM
@Dr_white Regarding that 'box' bit, that actually wasn't there in the original draft. Someone must've snuck it in...
But there are two ways of looking at it -- license-for-license, OS X Lion will be cheaper than Home Server and Small Business Server -- AND a Mac running Lion Server will still be incredibly cheap (but they already were cheap -- you can get the Mac Mini with Lion Server on it for just a few hundred dollars).
Dr_whiteFeb 28th 2011 7:03AM
@ragtag : so you're telling em to lay off of him because the article is clearly biased towards Apple, who desperately needs some good press? Umm, fanboy much??
Lord BanshieFeb 28th 2011 1:24AM
@Chris You're quite right I was thinking this as soon as it got to that point, even the "feature set" link seems quite proficient. Over all nice article.
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 28th 2011 5:06AM
@Lord Banshie Is that... a compliment? (Sorry, I've kind of lost my ability to tell.)
Thanks, if so :)
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 28th 2011 5:08AM
@SilverWave No, I told you!
Dr_whiteFeb 28th 2011 7:31AM
@Sebastian Anthony: LOL, so now you're telling me there's a Mac fanboy on the editorial staff changing your posts?? And that he is stupid enough to think that [b]we're[/b] stupid enough not to notice that he's comparing just an OS to a PC plus, not one, but [i]two[/i] different server OS's..one of which costs twice as much as the cheaper one. I reiterate my previous point: ZERO credibility. And by the way, for the cost of that Minim, the only Mac that comes anywhere near being "a couple hundred dollars" and is about as powerful as a typical Wal-Mart PC, I can get a notably more capable machine with full Windows 2008 Server. So this article fails as both reporting AND propaganda.
ragtagFeb 28th 2011 8:19AM
@Dr_white Well, I was assuming Chris was a mac fanboy, and that was why he got upset that there was one negative point in an otherwise positive article.As for me. I think Apple products are nice, but they leave you with a rather stale after taste.
Dr_whiteFeb 28th 2011 7:37AM
@Dr_white : btw, I should add that I'm not really an Apple basher, esp. in the server space, although I do think all their products are overpriced. I've heard nothing but good things about those little rack servers they discontinued.