The
Apple Network Server (ANS) was a short-lived line of
PowerPC-based
server computers manufactured by
Apple Computer from February 1996 to April 1997, when it was discontinued due to poor sales. It was codenamed "Shiner" and originally consisted of two models, the Network Server 500/132 ("Shiner LE", i.e., "low-end") and the Network Server 700/150 ("Shiner HE", i.e., "high-end"), which got a companion model, the Network Server 700/200 (also "Shiner HE") with a faster
CPU in November 1996. They are not a part of the
Apple Macintosh line of computers; they were designed to run
IBM's
AIX operating system and their
ROM specifically prevented booting
Mac OS. This makes them the last non-Macintosh desktop computers made by Apple to date. The 500/132, 700/150, and 700/200 sold in the U.S. market for $11,000, $15,000 and $19,000, respectively.