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You can legally only run macOS on apple hardware, and that's expensive.
by bla3 6y ago
You can legally only run macOS on apple hardware, and that's expensive.
- Sebb767 6y agoAlso, there's a lack of dedicated server products.
- asciimike 6y agoI loved how imgix solved this: https://photos.imgix.com/racking-mac-pros https://photos.imgix.com/racking-mac-pros (definitely not cheap, but super slick)
- sverhagen 6y agoDoes that actually make sense, or is it just another Engineering team doubling down on their poor early architectural choices ("or lack thereof")?
- asciimike 6y agoMy understanding is that they needed some of the functionality in CoreGraphics, thus had to use Macs.
- mst 6y agoWhich, if it allows them to get better quality results with less engineering time, could totally turn out to have been a sensible business decision. (no idea beyond "could", but it does at least seem plausible)
- martin8412 6y agoThe latest Mac Pro is sold in a rack mount version