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Colocate Your Mac mini

Posted by michael on from the first-to-market dept.

Pfhreak writes "Pure Static is already offering a service to colocate your Mac mini into a rack for those who want to set up a server on the cheap. Unfortunately, according to their FAQ, they're not planning on creating a Mini supercomputer. Which could be good news for those of you that are working towards being the first to set up such a cluster who have purchased a couple pallets of Minis, but haven't had time to finish setting up the cluster."

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  1. mmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    mmm, chocolate mac mini

    1. Re:mmmm by liangzai · · Score: 2, Funny

      Beware of the warning on some Apple products: Do not eat.

    2. Re:mmmm by tverbeek · · Score: 3, Funny
      You could hollow out one of those 20-pound Ghirardelli chocolate bars they sell at Trader Joe's for $20 with a dremel tool and put the guts of a Mac mini in there.

      Not quite the same thing, but it occurs to me that the Mini would make it much easier for me to create the Mac I've been wanting to build for a few years now: an OS-X-capable "classic" Mac. I have an SE case available, and the Mini provides a trivially-easy means of fitting the necessary electronics in it. All I need now is an affordable and compatible 10" LCD, and I can finally build my Mac SE-X.

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  2. Re:Mac Mini Cluster?? by X43B · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Yeah, it may outperform, but it costs a lot more. Simple math, idoit."

    1.) 1 X 2300 5*500
    2.) when calling someone an "idoit", it would be best to spell it correctly

  3. Can you really trust a company... by tdemark · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...who has the following in their welcome Flash movie?

    The site is overloaded.
    you loose paying customers.

    Emphasis is mine. Lack of capitalization and bad spelling is theirs.

  4. Isn't that illegal in Minnesota? by Skippy_kangaroo · · Score: 4, Funny
    When I read the headline it looked like "Colectomy your Mac Mini"

    That sound's painful and I'm sure it would be against the reverse engineering clauses in your license agreement.

    Tish, boom - I'll be here all week.