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1. #SONNET RACK MAC MINI DUAL MAC MINI FOR MAC OS#
2. #SONNET RACK MAC MINI DUAL MAC MINI INSTALL#
3. #SONNET RACK MAC MINI DUAL MAC MINI PRO#
4. #SONNET RACK MAC MINI DUAL MAC MINI MAC#

#SONNET RACK MAC MINI DUAL MAC MINI MAC#

Compare that to the price of the older Mac Pros and the XServes of yore, and they’re a steal. The Server model costs $999 without any upgrades.

#SONNET RACK MAC MINI DUAL MAC MINI PRO#

The new Mac Pro isn’t designed to run as a headless server-it’s targeted at high end graphics and video editing. XServes, and the older sliver tower Mac Pros aren’t being produced, and haven’t been in several years.

#SONNET RACK MAC MINI DUAL MAC MINI INSTALL#

So, you might be wondering, why on earth would someone strip the OS off of a Mac Mini and install ESXI on it. General benefits of using Mac Minis, especially with ESXI

#SONNET RACK MAC MINI DUAL MAC MINI FOR MAC OS#

In a follow-up post I’ll cover some of the imaging caveats for Mac OS VMs. Note: If you’re here for assistance on getting ESXI up and running on your own Mini, please skip to step 7 of "Loading ESXI vSphere" for directions on getting past the Pink Screen of Death. They were the department that initially approached me about getting multiple Mac OS environments set up, and have benefited the most from the transition to ESXI vSphere hosted VMs. The most notable of the engineering groups who need long-running Mac environments is our Mobile team, which needs them to compile our iOS apps. Also, as our entire office runs on Mac laptops we also need to have environments that can run for extended or indefinite time periods. New Relic’s Portland office is our Intergalactic Engineering HQ, and as such the engineers need to have a variety of different OS virtual machines. Who needs Mac VMs anyways? Or, why the heck did I do this? Turning current-gen Mac Minis into ESXI vSphere hosts isn’t the strangest thing you’re ever going to do, but be warned: the route I took does void the AppleCare warranty included with the computer. Since it’s a bit tricky, and the latest and most complete documentation I found was from 2012, I decided to document the process. When my users asked for new Mac OS VMs to test Xcode for teams, I jumped at the chance to build ESXI hosts. Being a lifelong Mac Geek I’ve spent a fair amount of time fiddling in the guts of Macs and doing all sorts of strange Mac Wizardry. We take all feedback very seriously.As a Mac Sysadmin you learn early on that sometimes you have to do strange and terrible things to the machines you look after at the behest of your users. If you have any thoughts or ideas about this Guarantee or about your experience with us, we invite you to share them with us by sending us an e-mail. We are working very hard to serve you better and listen carefully to your feedback. If you experience a faulty product or an item that has been incorrectly supplied, we promise to rectify the issue as quickly as possible.Įvery Macfixit Australia employee is dedicated to meeting the commitments above and to exceeding your expectations. You can contact us regarding any order/product related issue by call4343 or emailing us via our online Contact Us page We will quickly address any problem you experience.

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