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G4 Cases Holding Back Clustering Acceptance?
Mr. Quick writes: "An article at Wired talks about how Mac hardware is well-suited for clustering, but is being held back by the sexy cases. This follows closely on the heels of Apple releasing an optimized version of BLAST. Producing rack-mount *blades* is not in Steve's vision of world domination, but the opportunity exists. I, for one, hope that apple seriously considers developing a rack mounted dual-G4. Quad G4 maybe?"
Why that would be function over form!! ::Gasp::
Jobs would never go for it. ;)
~Anztac
Only one button... only one menu bar... why more than one computer? That would just be making things too complicated!
Apple will never go back to generic looking cases.
Apple doesn't have to go back to generic-looking cases. A one- or two-rack-unit case doesn't leave a ton of room to be creative, but it's still possible to make 'em distinctive.
Look at the SGI Origin 300 and Origin 3000* for an example of a rackmount system that's distinctive and cool.
* Underneath the rack skins, the bricks in an Origin 3000 are 19-inch rackmount components, between one and four units high. SGI racks come with extra hardware in the back for managing all the cables the system requires, but other than that they're not special.
How is that different from Plain.Slashdot.Org? Almost all articles there have been posted somewhere else already.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck