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G4 Cases Holding Back Clustering Acceptance?

Posted by pudge on from the cases-for-dummies dept.

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?"

3 of 38 comments (clear)

  1. After-market conversions by trollbot · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Of course, it is possible to refit a Mac in a new, rackmount-friendly case.

    However, it would be possible to have a decent-looking (ie non-wacko), slimline design differentiated from Apple's normal consumer kit. This might be a niche market, but that is usually where Apple thrives.

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  2. A.S.O Serves No Purpose by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting
    So far there have been 9 stories posted in Apple.Slashdot.Org. Of those 9 stories, 6 have been covered at MacSlash before they were seen here. They were on M/ at least a day before they were seen here, but in one case, M/ beat A.S.O to the punch by a month. And the signal to noise ratio and comment quality generally seems to be higher there, too.

    Repackaging news from another mac web site and then insulting Apple users by ending each department name with "for dummies" is not an impressive start for this new section.

  3. Sun by jsimon12 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sun puts out large purple boxes with GIANT Sun logos on the side and 30+ flashing lights. So I can't see much diffreance between that and the Mac case. I personally think the thing that holds Mac's back from the server market is honestly few people view them as servers, least in my experiance. What upper level manager wants to say he has a rack full of Apples? The mere mention of that sounds odd. The uninitiated want to say they have a rack full of Sun's, IBM's, Dells or Compaqs, not Fruit.