Hi !
I can't find any option in app store to direct buy OSX Mountain Lion Server to upgrade my Mini i7 Lion Server ?!? Just necessary purchased the Mountain Lion and BUY AGAIN OSX Server Packet $19, billing Twice ?!?!
Mac mini, OS X Server
It's two different products, you buy them both. What do you not understand?
Hi Jonathan,
My mini It's a i7 Dual disk configuration already lion server OSX inside.. and a upgrade for me is twice $.. i already owner OSX Server and think that correct way is apple offers a direct upgrade Lion Server to M. Lion Server for only 19.99.. billing twice is not fair.. pehaps if hade only a Lion (not server version) in my mini.. but the i7 dual disk version was design to be a server .. understand my point of view ?
My MacBook Air came with Lion. If I want Mountain Lion I've got to buy it. It's always been this way.
Also OS X Server used to cost $500, I don't think asking $19 is too much.
You are looking at a radical change, 10.8 Server is not an "Upgrade", it's an application. The previous Apache is still at its old location but is unused xcept for some .conf files. The arrangement and configuration of 10.8 Server.app is a big change from 10.7 so plan on some relearning. You will buy the application Server.app which on first run installs components at /Library/Server/*. Most everything is now inside the Server.app package in the Applications folder including all scripts for Wiki pages and several Apple specific Apache modules. Apple is also replacing the messy *.conf flat text files with plist files so that is an improvement. In addition, Python script support is now built-in as well as WSGI for those running Python webapps.
Having said that, some parts have sharp edges so don't expect full operation for a few versions.
I asked a related question separately a few days ago that has gone unanswered. But as I said, it is related to this discussion. So here goes: I got a Mini i7 w/Lion server (mid 2012). Don't use the server functions & they are turned off. Can I upgrade to the desktop only version of Mountain Lion without having to purchase the ML server upgrade for an additional 19 bucks. For something I'm not going to use it seems a waste of money. Will the desktop version of ML run on the Mini w/o the server components?
You don't need to buy the Server application, your Mini Max will run like any Mac running 10.8. For best results, you should install on a wiped disk.
Thanks, Gnarlodious
Why do I have to buy Mountain Lion and Mountain Lion server to upgrade my Lion server?
