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| Racking Mac Pros (photos.imgix.com) | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2015 | 388 points by zacman85 | big tech | original thread | | ||
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| matylla Oct 31, 2019 | on: Show HN: Pixaven – modern GPU-powered image processing API | context |
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mikepurvis Feb 14, 2020 | on: Apple Edge Cache | context
You have to imagine that the design work done for that was based on an assumption that Apple would stick with the trashcan form factor long term, and that the first gen unit would at least get regular bumps to newer CPU and GPU options. Must have been a heartbreaker sitting on all that infrastructure in July 2019 when the cheese grater was announced and the newest trashcans were still selling for full price with a six-year-old processor. (Here's a comment from 2015 which expresses these concerns in the future tense: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9500301) |
This thread by imgix [1] perfectly explains the reasoning behind using Apple's hardware in a datacenter.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9500301