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You can run Windows on commodity hardware. You can easily get a Windows VM billed by the minute. macOS is only licensed to run on Apple hardware (and will soon
by Kwpolska 3y ago
You can run Windows on commodity hardware. You can easily get a Windows VM billed by the minute. macOS is only licensed to run on Apple hardware (and will soon be impossible to run on a commodity x86 machine) and there are licensing restrictions that make macOS VMs on EC2 require a 24-hour minimum bill.
- maccard 3y ago> here are licensing restrictions that make macOS VMs on EC2 require a 24-hour minimum bill. Yeah, this is the killer. I don't mind paying $1/h for an M1 mac - our builds take about 10 minutes when cached, so paying $0.16 is fine. Even an hour's minimum would be totally fine - paying $60/mo to license it for 2h/day would be perfect. But, we're not paying $1/h with a 24h minimum every day. At that point, a Mac Mini is cheaper on month 1, so I have a mac mini on my desk.