Is Lion Server just Lion with added server tools ?

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Is Lion Server just Lion with added server tools ?

From what I am reading, buying Lion Server is just the same as buying Lion..... except you get some additional tools ? I have never had the server version of OS X before... but I always thought that installing the Server version (at least prior to Lion) would not always give you the same experience as purchasing the non-server version....

I only own mac laptops right now, but was thinking seriously about using one for a server..... and for $49 I can get it, install it as a server on one, and non-server on the remainder ?

TJ

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.6), 2.16Ghz / 2Gb / 100Gb@7200rpm

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 9:04 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 21, 2011 9:05 AM in response to tj4shee

Yes it is a set of additional tools that get installed, it is only a 14.5MB dowload from the Mac App Store.

Basically Lion has all the server stuff built in, the extra $49 purchase just gives you tools to use the server features.

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Answer 2

Jul 21, 2011 9:07 AM in response to Ian Parkinson

You buy Lion first for $29, which you can install on as many of your machines as you like that are logged into the same iTunes Store account in the Mac App Store. You install Lion.

Then you buy the Server extras and again you can install on the machine you want to be a server.

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Jul 21, 2011 9:39 AM in response to tj4shee

Oh...... so if I read this right.... the total cost for setting up a Lion Server is $29 for Lion + $49 for the server tools.... so $88 total....

I didn't catch on to that prior.....

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Answer 4

Jul 21, 2011 9:40 AM in response to tj4shee

Correct.

tj4shee wrote:

Oh...... so if I read this right.... the total cost for setting up a Lion Server is $29 for Lion + $49 for the server tools.... so $88 total....

I didn't catch on to that prior.....

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