Reader Service Allows you to request additional product information from our advertisers. By Robert J. Kohlhepp Apple delivers its first scalable OS, and our lab tests show it's a winner, though shortcomings such as its disparate databases make it an interim release.
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We tested Mac OS X Server, and were very pleased with it overall, though a number of shortcomings make it appropriate only as an interim release. Mac OS X Server incorporates management and control of Macintosh clients using NetBoot, which works as advertised, and the Macintosh Management server, which offers excellent control over desktop Macs. We found basic configuration and administration tasks fairly easy using the GUI tools and Web interfaces. Once past the preliminary configuration, though, you may need to edit text files and work with the command-line interface. Apple is working hard to make almost everything accessible via a GUI, but for now, you may need some Unix experience to administer a Mac OS X Server.