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Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger - Unlimited Clients | 
 enlarge | From: Apple Computer
Category: Software
List Price: $999.99
Buy Used: $189.99
You Save: $810.00 (81%)
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 9006
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X
Color: Unlimited-user
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Tiger - Unlimited Clients
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8.1 x 2
MPN: 1052386
Model: M9768Z/A
UPC: 718908101193
EAN: 0718908101193
Release Date: April 29, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Revolutionary Spotlight technology that lets you search every corner of your Mac instantly: files, emails, contacts, images, movies, calendars and applications. Even save results as Smart Folders that update automatically. | | • | A set of nifty, beautifully designed mini-applications called widgets for checking stocks and weather, looking up phone numbers, performing calculations, finding dictionary definitions and more — with one click right from your personal Dashboard. | | • | A personal Automator assistant for automating all of your time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks efficiently and effortlessly. It's simple to create custom Workflows just by dragging items, pointing and clicking. | | • | Safari RSS technology that delivers the latest news, information and articles from thousands of web sites in one simple-to-read, searchable article list right to your Mac. | | • | The latest iChat delivering multi-way video and audio conferencing with true-to-life picture and sound quality. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Mac OS X Server v10.4 integrates popular open source software technologies with innovative management tools, for a comprehensive all-in-one solution that's ideal for any corporate and educational institution. Use the power of 64-bit computing and over 200 new features -- including access control lists and secure instant messaging -- makes OS X Server v10.4 perfect for classroom labs, creative professionals and medium-to-large workgroups with high volumes of file sharing activity. Core network services (DNS, NAT, DHCP and Firewall) are integrated into the Server Admin utility, making it easier to set up and secure your local area network Built-in VPN server provides secure remote access from anywhere; L2TP and PPTP tunneling protocols supports encrypted, authenticated IP connections for Mac, Windows, and Linux clients Xgrid distributed computing turns a group of Macs into a low-cost supercomputer by streamlining the process of assembling nodes, submitting jobs, and retrieving results. Run a single job across multiple computers at once, dramatically improving performance and responsiveness Industry-leading management features make services easy to set up and manage from any Mac OS X Tiger system, anywhere on the Internet. GUI for configuring and monitoring network and Internet services; Support for SSH2 enables secure remote administration from the command-line Also supports open-standard SNMPv3 protocol for integration with third-party monitoring and management software Automatic Setup simplifies data center deployments by enabling you to set up multiple servers from configuration settings stored in a directory server, your iPod, or other external FireWire or USB storage device Hardware Requirements - Xserve or Xserve G5, Power Mac G5, Power Mac
Amazon.com Product Description
Apple's long awaited new operating system brings more than 200 new features to Mac users. Technically speaking, Tiger boasts an open source core, 64-bit system, and support for the High Definition H.264 video codec. But, every user will enjoy the highlights of this new release: a new search tool, cool new mini applications, real-time RSS feeds in the browser, improved email, amped up audio and visual conferencing, parental controls, automation of tedious, repetitive tasks, and the list goes on. OS-Level Search: Spotlight
Handled by Tiger's search technology, Spotlight, users may search across documents, images, movies, music, PDFs, email, calendar events, and system preferences with one keyword. Spotlight reviews text content, filenames, and keywords (metadata) applied by users and automatically stored by files to return search results. Results are fast and smart, providing previews of returned files and the ability to filter them by kind, date, people, and location. |  | | | Spotlight Search Return | More Robust Conferencing: iChat AV
iChat AV updates the Panther version with various new features. Enjoy three-dimensional, multi-participant video meetings with better resolution and compression. Conduct audio conferences with up to 10 members utilizing a graphical panel with sound meters for each speaker that indicate who is speaking. Purchase and run your own Tiger server and conduct instant messaging behind your firewall. |  iChat Audio Conferencing | 
iChat Video Conferencing
| | Parental Controls | | Set computer profiles for children using the aptly named Parental Controls and limit their access to system controls, documents, printers, burners, applications, email, chat, and the Web. With multiple profiles, parents can set varying levels of access for each child. Even downloaded or emailed applications are subject to parental approval first. | | Drop and Drag Tool Panels: Dashboard
Pull in mini applications from a menu, named the Dashboard, to complete frequent tasks, like tracking flights and stocks or looking up words in the dictionary. Add and rearrange these panels, called "widgets," on your desktop as you choose, and hide or show them with the click of a button. Some other widgets include a calendar, calculator, weather report, yellow pages, language translator and unit converter. | 
Desktop with Dashboard Widgets | 
Language Translator Widget | 
Stock Tracking Widget | | Automated Repetitive Tasks: Automator
Choose pre-programmed "actions" from a library and automate tedious tasks when they have to be done in bulk, like editing images for slideshows and creating birthdays in the address book. There are hundreds in the can and sure to be more as third-party vendors create and make them available. | 
Automation of Image Editing Task with Automator | |
Real-time Browser: Safari
Quickly view news headlines and article summaries from around the world with Tiger's browser, Safari . Take advantage of RSS protocols to get the latest news updates automatically.
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Improved Mail
| Tiger's email program, Mail, uses Spotlight to manage your mail. Find messages easily and let Mail automatically organize your messages as they come into the box. New photo resizing, archiving, and slideshow options enhance your ability to share and enjoy pictures via email. | |
Centralized Computer Sync: .Mac Sync
Use .Mac to sync all your Mac computers, wherever they are. .Mac Sync allows you to conveniently sync your Safari bookmarks, iCal appointments, Address Book contacts, passwords, and Mail settings for multiple Mac computers over the Internet.
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Automation of Image Editing Task with Automator |
VoiceOver
| Apple's spoken interface technology, VoiceOver, gives people with visual and learning disabilities equal access to Mac. |
Enhanced QuickTime 7
| Featuring the new standards-based H.264 video codec, QuickTime 7 brings you incredible video quality with lower data rates and smoother playback. |
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| Customer Reviews:
Dashboard crashes iMac more than Panther ever did March 2, 2006
Howard Watler (New York)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
For one year I ran Panther on my new iMac. Virtually no problems and no crashes. I have crashed more times with Tiger in one month than ever before. I think it is Dashboard and I only have a couple of the native widgets in use. What a shame - they are so cool. But I want my flawless, stable iMac back. Why won't Apple acknowledge this obvious problem?
 OS X is flawed for server work September 6, 2005
djac (Boston, MA United States)
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love OS X but what do you buy a server for?... to centralize tasks such as web hosting and databases. This article:
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2520
points out how OS X is horribly crippled to handle such server tasks when compared to Linux running on a G5 or an AMD chip. The article is very fair and every effort was made to figure out what went wrong and the conclusion was that OS X has very poor threading functionality - something critical server applications like mysql and apache under heavy load.
The Linux running on the G5 is upwards of 1000% faster than OS 10.4. Given the cost of Linux I'm not sure what would prompt me to purchase this server OS for 10 times worse performance on the same Apple hardware. I also find it ironic that Apple has touted the benefits of a single company making hardware and OS for years and this is the result. Embarassing.
Be Careful Before You Upgrade July 1, 2005
D. B. Levenstam (Fairfax, VA USA)
13 out of 30 found this review helpful
I thought for the first time that I'd stay on the cuttng edge of Mac OS. Little did I know that under Tiger all of my applications would crash more often and run more slowly. I also didn't know that Symantec wouldn't support Tiger, so that my old versions of Norton Utilities and Norton Antivirus no longer work while Symantec does not plan to sell versions that do work on Tiger.
Both my classic applications and my OS X applications run slower and crash more often. I really regret upgrading. Sure, the widgets function is nice, but not worth the trouble Tiger has caused me.
 Great update to the OS system June 20, 2005
Jane Healy (Blue Island, IL USA)
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
With the exception of one (big) negative, this has been a terrific upgrade. There is no doubt that this is an 'optimized' system, as my Mac G4 is blazing through things faster than ever. Standards like iPhoto and iTunes still put Apple on the cutting edge, but new features like Safari and the Dashboard/Widgets are great for making your life easier. So, what was the one big negative, you wonder? When I upgraded, my modem driver went AWOL. For four long weeks I was without internet access! Apple engineers worked hard to solve the problem (which was very rare, but I was not the only person to suffer from it), and Apple Tech Support people were fabulous about keeping me posted as to what was happening during my long wait (via phone since I didn't have email). Happily my 'puter is now fully up and running due to an upgrade sent from Apple, direct. Despite this *big* hassle, I have to say that I really like Tiger and I would definitely recommend it to fellow Mac users. The speed and ease of the operating system make it worth the money.
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