Small Company - Would like to have an Apple Server...Sort of

I have a small company. Only 4 of us. I have killed all the PC's and we all have apples. i would like to have a real simple server set up. For simple file sharing, storage and maybe some ical. Can i just buy a mini mac and OS X Server software and run the mini mac as our server?
thanks
Brad

Hi bradley Glaberson-
You could do that.
Or, since you have limited needs, why not just by a Network Storage Appliance and use that?
If you want to use a Mac, you could use the mini without OSX Server. You can just enable file sharing on the mini, give all of your users access (it supports up to 10 concurrent users), hook up some externals and go with that.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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