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Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by devonbleak » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:32 AM UTC

wtn wrote: post #2

100% uptime?

I'm sold based on this alone!

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by btown » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:45 AM UTC

veemjeem wrote: post #17

JohnHelm wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> OSX can only be run on Mac hardware. http://www.tonymacx86.com/

I think if you're planning on running a business of OSX machines, you probably shouldn't rely on hackintosh stuff. Upgrading the OS on hackintosh is pretty painful.

> I think if you're planning on running a business... upgrading the OS... is pretty painful.

This is by no means specific to OSX.

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by coldtea » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:47 AM UTC

mattbee wrote: post #4

A desktop system with a novel thermal design is being packed in tightly in a way that the manufacturer probably hasn't tested, and in a way that's going to be hard to diagnose or fix? He who dares I guess :) What do people use hosted Macs for anyway? I guess there must be some niches, but surely everything that's great about a Mac is optimised for local usage?

>A desktop system with a novel thermal design is being packed in tightly in a way that the manufacturer probably hasn't tested, and in a way that's going to be hard to diagnose or fix?

I don't see anything that's "going to be hard to diagnose or fix".

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by eddieroger » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:55 AM UTC

What a waste of a Mac. I'm all for the novelty of doing something neat with Apple hardware (System X, macminicolo), but this machine isn't suited for headless closet-sitting. It's meant to be on a desk in Pixar, NBC or another live video venue, rendering things in real time and lighting up 4K displays.

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 1:02 AM UTC

grecy wrote: post #19

mattbee wrote: post #4

A desktop system with a novel thermal design is being packed in tightly in a way that the manufacturer probably hasn't tested, and in a way that's going to be hard to diagnose or fix? He who dares I guess :) What do people use hosted Macs for anyway? I guess there must be some niches, but surely everything that's great about a Mac is optimised for local usage?

Apple say no problem: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6099?viewlocale=en_US&locale=e...

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Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by grecy » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 1:02 AM UTC

btown wrote: post #22

veemjeem wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think if you're planning on running a business of OSX machines, you probably shouldn't rely on hackintosh stuff. Upgrading the OS on hackintosh is pretty painful.

> I think if you're planning on running a business... upgrading the OS... is pretty painful. This is by no means specific to OSX.

Don't confuse what he said.

Upgrading a hacked copy of OS X running on hardware it was never designed to run on is pretty painful.

Upgrading OSX on Apple hardware is a breeze.

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by greg5green » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 1:15 AM UTC

JohnHelm wrote: post #8

nwh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OSX can only be run on Mac hardware. If you want virtual Macs within the EULA, this is what you must do. This would be attractive for people wanting to to build testing on mac machines, for example.

> OSX can only be run on Mac hardware. http://www.tonymacx86.com/

> If you want virtual Macs within the EULA

EULA definitely doesn't allow Hackintoshes. Some workplaces are ok with this, some definitely are not.

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by mrbrandonking » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 1:18 AM UTC

mattbee wrote: post #4

A desktop system with a novel thermal design is being packed in tightly in a way that the manufacturer probably hasn't tested, and in a way that's going to be hard to diagnose or fix? He who dares I guess :) What do people use hosted Macs for anyway? I guess there must be some niches, but surely everything that's great about a Mac is optimised for local usage?

I'm leasing a server from MacStadium that's used for iOS continuous integration. I could also see MacStadium being useful for someone learning iOS development who isn't ready to splurge on a new Mac.

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by greg5green » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 1:19 AM UTC

grecy wrote: post #26

btown wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I think if you're planning on running a business... upgrading the OS... is pretty painful. This is by no means specific to OSX.

Don't confuse what he said. Upgrading a hacked copy of OS X running on hardware it was never designed to run on is pretty painful. Upgrading OSX on Apple hardware is a breeze.

Point releases updates on real hardware is so easy. My Hackintosh scares me to even update Safari and the self-updater has managed to brick the computer with just security updates (really stable when not updating tho :)

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by hhw » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 1:34 AM UTC

nwh wrote: post #11

JohnHelm wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> OSX can only be run on Mac hardware. http://www.tonymacx86.com/

If you are an enterprise you would not be using modified kernels with the copy protection neutered in production.

If you are an enterprise, you will not be running MacOSX on a server at all.