Customers tout ROI on Xserve platform
updated 11:25 am EDT, Fri April 25, 2003
Apple's Xserve and PowerBooks are to offer fans watching from the 74 luxury suites at the Xcel Energy Center the ability to watch high-definition game images on PowerBook G4s while browsing live stats, scores and news over the Internet: "The data is created, stored and delivered on Apple's Xserve systems. While the team has a PC-based network, it has used the Xserve to handle media-rich images. The team claims it saves money too because it doesn't pay client-access fees for Mac OS X Server or for QuickTime Streaming Server."










Take THAT, LA!
04/25, 11:49am reply
How about those last two overtime wins! Incredible. Almost eliminated 3-1, this three-year old team comes back to take the series.
And how about those T-wolves? Spanked the Lakers last night. Choked in the 4th, but hey, they still won. Take THAT, LA!
Let's hope the Twins have good luck this year like last. It'll turn out to be a great year for Minnesota sports.
:D
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Too Bad...
04/25, 11:51am reply
Bertuzzi and the Canucks are going to pound the Wild into oblivion. Go Canucks!!!!
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sports...
04/25, 12:24pm reply
dude even in Mn. wins you still have to live in Mn...Ha.
oh and Mn. Baseball? 2 Words:
Kirby Puckett
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I agree
04/25, 12:27pm reply
Our company has had so much return of inventory due to crashes and other problems that we'd like Apple to return our investment.
And geesh, you people and your hockey. The playoffs are boring until the semi-finals. That's when I'll watch. Can't wait for the annual Red Wings vs. Avalanche series this year! Go wings!
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NHL, pleeeeeze
04/25, 12:36pm reply
Boring. Give me good ol' NBA action, where over the same amount of time, you'll see twice as many fights and up to three times the scoring than your average NHL game. Plus, they conveniently put in lots of commercial breaks to race to the kitchen to refresh your drinks or snack dish.
And sudden-death overtime? ooooorrrrrriiiiinnnnnnggggg. h***, you can't even get up to use the restroom while in OT because you may miss the winning score. Give me great NBA basketball action. In the last minutes of a game, there's so much action. Not just on the court. There's also the strategy games of the coaches. Who should we foul? Who should we send in during defensive situations, and then replace when we go on offense. Let's call a time out to set up our play, then call another one when we see their defensive setup to our offensive setup so we can then change our offensive setup to match their defensive setup (which they might change!).
And, as opposed to hockey, in basketball, you can miss the first half (h*** the first three quarters!), and if its a good game, its still within a couple of points and you haven't really missed anything. You flip over to hockey in the middle, and you might've missed all the scoring...
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American Sport
04/25, 12:49pm reply
All American sport is rubbish!
Baseball: Rubbish (bunch of fat guys running in circles)
Yank Football: Rubbish (bunch of fat guys in crash gear)
Basketball: Rubbish (bunch of mutants)
Ice Hockey: Rubbish (retards in crash gear on skates)
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04/25, 12:51pm reply
yadda yadda yadda
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Hockey Woooot!
04/25, 12:57pm reply
About that Red Wings and Avs matchup, shows your knowledge buddy both those theams are ousted! Hockey is the best sport, period, and the playoffs make life a grand thing for 2 months :). The Wild fans are gonna get some awesome replays of Bertuzzi flattening gaborik on their powerbooks!
PS. I love how the americans have been booing the canadian national anthem, the hating never stops with you guys hey? Just hate on some more people, pile up your money, wrap yourself in the american flag and you can never go wrong. h*** don't even give the sensible people in your country a chance to speak, just call them 'unpatriotic' that'll shut them up.
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Nasty Nasty
04/25, 01:07pm reply
Jaques Lemaire has patched together yet another pretty good team from table scraps. Look what he did witht the Devils and we may just see history repeat. The Wild are smart to be using Macs!
Sudden death OT is intense! The Ducks and Dallas went to 5 OT periods!
As for American sport...
Hockey is CANADIAN, by the way! A lot of us Northeasterners and Midwesties play it, too! Not to mention players from all over Europe...
NBA basketball is a game for 7 foot tall freaks, I just can't relate to it. Plus, with all the silly time-outs and clock stopping bull, it takes 1/2 hour or more to play the last 2 minutes.
Do like they do in hockey... PLAY... win or lose!
Baseball: A bunch of overpaid fat guys standing around working on their tans, investment portfolios and jock itch...
Go DEVILS!
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NBA
04/25, 01:17pm reply
Its TENNIS WITHOUT THE CHICKS
up one side of the court: score
run up the other side of the court: score
Back up to the other side: score
back up to the .. well you get the picture.
BasketBall sucks. Not the biggest hocky fan but at least the guys have some balls and have to be able to skate.
Baseball: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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