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I'd be curious to see how they're dealing with rack mounting these. I have a vision that looks like a wine rack.....

• brandon272 13y ago
  Not to mention rack mounting in a way that protects the enclosure from scratches from both rack vibration and when working on or adding/removing neighbouring units.
  • dale386 13y ago
    Scratches? Seriously? It's in a data center. Who cares? Besides, the enclosure is there to take scuffs in place of the computer's internals. That's protection enough for people who use these services. As for vibration, SSDs and the lack of CDROM drives mean that these things have no moving parts to be disturbed.
    • brandon272 13y ago
      > Scratches? Seriously? It's in a data center. Who cares? Seriously. You're talking about people who are specifically buying Mac Pros. You're talking about a product heavily marketed based on aesthetic. If you don't care about the Mac Pro and are buying purely based on performance, why limit yourself to the Mac Pro when you can purchase a rack mountable unit customized to your preferences without paying a huge premium for the hardware? Just because the unit is in a data centre doesn't mean that the owner doesn't want it treated with care, nor does it mean that they won't want it back in their personal possession -- scratch free.
      • halostatue 13y ago
        Because it runs OS X, and you can't run OS X on a rack mountable unit.