Xserve is available in three basic configurations, although Apple also offers the pizza-box-size, rack-mountable server on a build-to-order basis.
Grossman did not say how the 4,000 orders compare with Apple's past server efforts but said "it's definitely a great start."Īpple plans to follow up with a mass storage device known as Xserve RAID, which it has said will ship by the end of the year. In mid-June, the company warned that it would miss third-quarter estimates by as much as 3 cents a share.Īpple says that it has received a healthy crop of early Xserve orders-more than 4,000.Īpple started shipping the first of the servers to customers late last week, Alex Grossman, director of hardware storage, said Monday. Shipping the products in July could allow Apple to record the sales in its fourth fiscal quarter. Apple had planned to announce availability last month but held off a bit, according to sources familiar with the product strategy. The company made the Xserve announcement Monday.
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The Cupertino, Calif.-based company in May unveiled Xserve, which runs Unix-based Mac OS X. Apple Computer has begun shipping its Xserve rack-mounted server, as the company looks to bolster its position in the corporate market and with companies interested in delivering digital media content over the Web.