What is missing to Apple Offer ...

[maccatalan]

Hi.

Now that Apple has a real and great server offer, what about the client ?

I say that since a G5 is a work-station, and 'i' or 'e' Macs include screen. What Apple should release now as hardware to invade the business sector is a light client. Some very light G3 or G4 with a basic video-card, no sound-card, small hardisk, floppy disk ( sorry), and DVD-R/CD-RW driver. No screen. The system should be Mac OS X Client.

This light computer should be around $350 to $500.

Then with the power of Mac OS X Server, and the X Serve, it would be easy for a network administrator to set up a cheap and powerful network.

If I was Apple's CEO this is what I would probably plan ...

Thank you,
Pierre.

[diablojota]

I disagree about the floppy. Even other PC hardware vendors are beginning to not include these things. In a networked environment you don't need the floppy either.

However, I agree that Apple should have a cheap client box for enterprises... But this would also cut into their bottom line for hardware. Also, they would want to make the machines non-upgradeable really, so they don't compete too hard with their i and e Macs.