Most home labs don't require a ton of performance to be useful. High core counts, piles of RAM and even hard disks aren't necessary until they are, and while they can feel like a necessity in the ...

Apple dropped me a note in response to my blog post on its Harpertown Xserve and Mac Pro announcement. I attributed the per-socket CPU power draw claim of “80 watts max, 4 watts idle” to Intel. That ...