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Re: 96 MacBook Pro’s in one server rack

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Post by UntitledNo4 »

jeeva wrote: post #29
taspeotis wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would make sense to try the refurbished ones. I doubt you'd get 96 of the same model, though. http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbo... Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 2.7GHz Dual-core Intel i5 with Retina Display $1,099.00 Save $200.00 15% off

Though in a business environment, if this is going to be used for any significant length of time, the (presumably) shorter warranty might be an issue.

Refurbished Macs have the same warranty as non-refurbished.

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Post by konradb »

thraxil wrote: post #23

Is it really simpler and more efficient to have 96 individual power bricks with custom mounting hardware rather than one (or a few) larger, high-efficiency AC to DC converters and just distributing DC within the rack?

You would have to terminate in magsafe connectors. You'd either have to butcher the wiring on all the power bricks or come up with some frankenstein thing with airline adapters, which I believe are now discontinued for some reason.

Re: 96 MacBook Pro’s in one server rack

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Post by austenallred »

JosephRedfern wrote: post #26
sudhirj wrote: post #3

How on earth do you test retina displays when inside a server a rack? What are they doing here that can't be done with Mac minis?

"We require Mac OS X because the products we make run on OS X and we believe in testing on the same hardware our customers use, this helps produce a better product". If the software they're testing is used mainly on Macbook Pro's, then they're wanting to test on Macbook Pro's. Things like GPU and CPU differences may make a difference to how their software performs.

"We have data centers with thousands of machines configured with all 3 OS’s running constant build and test operations 24 hours a day 365 days a year. This is just a small look at the Mac side of things."

Seems safe to say this is not a small company

Re: 96 MacBook Pro’s in one server rack

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Post by rhaps0dy »

tim333 wrote: post #35
rhaps0dy wrote: post #5

What kind of testing do you do with this?

This seems to be the author https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/viewProfile.html?userID=... and the products http://uk.mathworks.com/products/?s_tid=gn_ps

Ah nice, thank you.

They have tons of customers using this setup (Matlab on Macbook Pro) in my uni at least, so it makes a lot of sense.

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