I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my ...

In the innocent days of the very late 20th century there was The Family Computer. This single computer sat in a home’s communal space and was shared by each of that home’s residents. For many of us, ...

This OS X Server-equipped version of the Mac mini isn’t the ideal choice for most home users. But if you want to run a Mac OS X-based server and take advantage of Snow Leopard Server’s impressive ...

This adventure has given me more hands on insight into choices and this is something that everyone should be thankful for with IPT. Day 1 (<20 minutes) * Waiting (anticipation) for Fedex delivery * ...

Leopard sports a series of changes both under the hood and in its user interface that improve the performance and usability of the Mac desktop for individual users, and combine to deliver new ...

On Tuesday, Parallels Inc. released Parallels Server for Mac, the first server virtualization solution for the Intel-based Mac. This talked-about product has been in development for more than a year ...

Have a few Macs in the house that used to back up to a Time Capsule until it died. Infrequent USB drive Time Machine backups since, and my wife's Mac Mini is now so stuffed it can't backup to the ...

Sure, you can get a network attached storage device, or rely on somebody's cloud — but, I've run a Mac-based home server for a very long time. Why have I kept one running, and why should you start one ...

A recent post at the MacWindows blog by editor John Rizzo asked whether the new Mac Pro — a machine that by all measures is designed as a desktop machine — could be effectively used as a rackmounted ...

With the Apple Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server ($999 list), the sort of flawless design and ease of use we've learned to expect from Apple comes to a space that usually offers neither: the server ...