We are working to iron out issues with our new server setup and we hope you are now beginning to see improvement in both sites’ responsiveness now. Please let us know below.
This week, so far, when trying to access and update the site, we’ve felt like we were using original iMac G3/233 MHz machines running Mac OS X public beta via 56 kbps modem. Click. Wait. Click. Wait some more. Arrgggghhh! We’re sure you shared our frustration.
Thank you very, very much for your patience while the tweaking continues…
As those who’ve followed our travels from server to server know, MacDailyNews’ and iPodDailyNews’ current host, pMachine Hosting, uses servers that run Red Hat Linux and Apache. We have also used Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and FreeBSD in the past.
We probably will hit one or all of them again in the future – well, maybe not Mac OS 9. 
Notice that we have never used a Windows-based server, nor will we ever. ‘Nix variants, when offered by a robust host with reasonable rates, are all in play, with Mac OS X, of course, being our primary choice when it’s available. This site was designed on Mac OS, the articles are written on machines running Mac OS X and we endorse Mac OS X completely for servers and many other uses. Because we use pMachine’s ExpressionEngine, we feel our best hosting choice by far is pMachine Hosting. MacDailyNews’ host server information is, as always, publicly available via Netcraft here.
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MacDailyNews and iPodDailyNews aim for speed with server upgrade this weekend – November 04, 2005
I notice a huge improvement.
Glad you are back in action.
Now if only I could get Jason back…
Oh well, off to The Rovers!
Is it because of increased traffic or some other issue?
The site seems to be responding the fastest since before the iPod nano release announcement when all the websites slowed to a crawl.
Thanks for making it easier to access MDN.
MDN word: value
It’s getting better. Hopefully it will go on improving!
John
It is much better than this morning.
not that i ever post stuff off topic…..but could some one give me the incoming mail server that hotmail uses so I can sync my macos x mail with it…. or better yet just tell me how to access my hotmail account through my .mail…..and please, no crappy microcrap comments about using their $475 million mail service…atleast thats what i remember them paying for it. thank you in advance.
mdn word….. need…. as in i need this information please.
thank you , jarrett
Well, this particular topic posting loaded like greased lightening. Earlier this morning was pretty quick but not as fast as this one. Keep it up. It’s getting there, it seems
it is almost as fast now as it was when you first came back on line this weekend.
iMac G3 233 Mhz on Mac OS Public Beta with 56k internet? My own personal hell… i know, i’ve been there.
OT:
Access a Hotmail Account with Mac OS X Mail:
http://email.about.com/cs/macosxmailtips/qt/et042503.htm
Much snappier now
Responsiveness is definitely improving. Keep up the good work, MDN staff.
Noticeable speed difference lately at MDN = Zippy (not the Pinhead)!
Iron out the POP UNDERS WINDOWS, now respondes to them so why bother.
That’s BS. Get on Mac OS X server pronto!!!! Linux, palease.
continued delays are clearly not worth the effort to read your uninformative and worthless steve jobs asslicking loads of horse cah-cah
I can’t believe that MDN doesn’t run this site on Apple hardware and software. You should be ashamed of your self for running a site that praises Macs, often to excess, and then doesn’t use Apple products. MDN is a disgrace to the Mac community.
I’m a disconcerted lesbian PC user.
Am I in the wrong place?
“I can’t believe that MDN doesn’t run this site on Apple hardware and software. You should be ashamed of your self for running a site that praises Macs, often to excess, and then doesn’t use Apple products. MDN is a disgrace to the Mac community.”
maybe because MDN, and everyone else, knows for a fact that Xserves suck…
^ I didn’t say that.
Yes I did.
There still seems to be as has been all along a delay in getting the ad’s posted.
FYI, currently:
MacCentral’s host runs Linux:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=maccentral.com
MacNN’s host runs FreeBSD:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=macnn.com
MacSurfer’s host runs FreeBSD:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=macsurfer.com
MacObserver’s host runs FreeBSD:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=macobserver.com
AppleInsider’s host runs FreeBSD:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=appleinsider.com
Apple runs Mac OS X:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=apple.com
The server OS is a function of the web host and the web sites’ budgets, service needs, etc. I used to run a small Mac site – much smaller than MDN/iPodDN. Sure we wanted to run on Mac OS X, but if your preferred host uses Linux or FreeBSD, that’s what you use. We wouldn’t choose a host that ran Windows servers. For many reasons, but mainly because we wanted the site to be online.