
The writers jump straight into the weeds. What is for? What are the characteristics of the Mac user who would benefit from this? Why should I care? Looking at Apple's website, their writers take the approach that if you don't know what Server is for, then they are certainly not going to tell you. MacFixIt reader "John" recently wrote in with such questions: As a result some people may be wondering what OS X Server is all about and how it may benefit them. With the end of the Xserve line and options like the Mac Mini server, Apple has made its Server software cheaper and cheaper, to the point where in OS X Lion it will be a $49 upgrade purchase from the Mac App Store. Since the initial releases of OS X, Apple has developed a Server variant of the operating system, which has until now been a rather expensive option.
