I wouldn't do that--he's probably got a bunch of surveillance cameras he bought from X10 popups...
And anyway, if you're going to get into vandalism, why not go all the way and introduce Mr. Bolt Cutters to Mr. T-1 Demarc?
OR, for those without the need for pre-installed YDL, you can order it directly from GVS with OS X, and save $400. It's good to see these units gaining exposure, but I think the editors of Apple(MacSlash)dot (what else to call the two sites) would better serve their readers by publicizing the source of this HW.
As far as these being "NEW!" The availability of these was noted way back here in a discussion of Mac clustering.
As long as Apple(MacSlash)dot are posting exactly the same news day-to-day, it seems appropriate that I post identical commments to both sites...
...which would give UC-SC the (theoretical) 160 processors per rack frame they wanted...
Or maybe my math is just really bad, it would be half (40) as many processors per rack, not double. The ability to put Apple's latest and greatest in a 2U space is still very attractive...
3rd party rack-mounted cases are already out there...
Good call--The GVS systems put dual 1GHz in a 2U case, which would give UC-SC the (theoretical) 160 processors per rack frame they wanted, all running OS X. I hope Apple/GVS's salesmen are calling the people mentioned in the Wired article for a big sale...
I doubt they're going to branch out into purely functional cases anytime soon...
Apple shouldn't be spending time on 2U or 1U Macs when others already are. They've worked hard to make the Apple brand mean "stylish" and 2U clustering boxes will just mix that up. Let the 3rd party developers put them out there under another name...Because these are actual Power Macs w/ Macintosh ROM, Apple is making some coin from them regardless.
And if the day ever comes when it makes more sense to have that business inside Apple, Apple buys them out. What Apple should be doing is promoting the bejeezus out of these things to their scientific/visualization customers...
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I wouldn't do that--he's probably got a bunch of surveillance cameras he bought from X10 popups... And anyway, if you're going to get into vandalism, why not go all the way and introduce Mr. Bolt Cutters to Mr. T-1 Demarc?
The cats don't seem to mind.
As far as these being "NEW!" The availability of these was noted way back here in a discussion of Mac clustering.
As long as Apple(MacSlash)dot are posting exactly the same news day-to-day, it seems appropriate that I post identical commments to both sites...
Or maybe my math is just really bad, it would be half (40) as many processors per rack, not double. The ability to put Apple's latest and greatest in a 2U space is still very attractive...
Good call--The GVS systems put dual 1GHz in a 2U case, which would give UC-SC the (theoretical) 160 processors per rack frame they wanted, all running OS X. I hope Apple/GVS's salesmen are calling the people mentioned in the Wired article for a big sale...
I doubt they're going to branch out into purely functional cases anytime soon...
Apple shouldn't be spending time on 2U or 1U Macs when others already are. They've worked hard to make the Apple brand mean "stylish" and 2U clustering boxes will just mix that up. Let the 3rd party developers put them out there under another name...Because these are actual Power Macs w/ Macintosh ROM, Apple is making some coin from them regardless.
And if the day ever comes when it makes more sense to have that business inside Apple, Apple buys them out. What Apple should be doing is promoting the bejeezus out of these things to their scientific/visualization customers...