Re: [Fed-Talk] OS on new hardware?
Re: [Fed-Talk] OS on new hardware?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] OS on new hardware?
- From: "IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:36:52 -0400
Mr. Link, et alia:
Indeed I am curious as to what rule or regulation you are referring
relative to an OSHA permit (I don't doubt your correctness, just
curious to understand it better)? I am of course curious if military
commands would be required to submit to such a regulatory requirement,
and if so, would military be exempt (if they did the lifting) or not?
However, the idea of a half height footprint would not necessarily
stand to enunciate a weight reduction "out of the box". I suppose
using a government contractor to install the box would expel the
requisite of having an OSHA permit, no?
All that being the case, Dell has a methodology for being able to rack
mount some of their normally vertical standing servers. I would hope
that Apple might otherwise consider marketing such a solution so that
Mac Pro installations could be configured in such a manner.
I recently began looking to find some keyboard/video/mouse over
LAN/WAN boxes that are compatible with MacOS (this was last week), but
have not yet identified anything in particular as being Mac
hardware/software compliant as yet (I am sure there are platforms that
are). I had intended on using this with my MacMini and/or other future
hardware that will replace the MacMini.
Anyone aware of a Mac supported keyboard/mouse/video remote LAN/WAN
controller?
V/R,
IT2 Stuart B. Tener
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Quoting "Link, Peter R." <email@hidden>:
Stuart,
Interesting comments. I just read a comment on the Macworld site
about Final Cut Pro 10.0.1:
“The professional [editor] is critical to Apple, and it’s a customer
we don’t want to lose,” said Richard Townhill, Apple’s director of
pro video product marketing, in a conversation with Macworld.
I guess Apple sees the professional market differently than the
enterprise market. I totally understand the requirement for
configurability in the professional video market and that's
something that has been lacking (except for RAM and disks) in all
Apple products except for the Mac Pro. I hope Apple continues to
build a professional Mac but after seeing the XServe and XServe RAID
disappear, I can't say the word "never" to anything Apple has done.
I would like to see a study on how much configuration is actually
done on a Mac Pro; how many slots are filled (disks and PCI cards),
etc. This would help myself and others understand whether Apple
could produce a half-height Mac Pro for the professional and
enterprise user. Why a half-height? Because a fully-loaded Mac Pro
requires a OSHA permit to lift it (not really kidding, Apple specs
the 8-core at 41 lbs).
On Sep 20, 2011, at 7:53 AM, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote:
ALCON,
My understanding is (from someone whom had a similar experience) is
that you can either go the redemption code route or schedule a genius
appointment and request that the bar performs a full and complete
install for you.
However, what I also heard was that the Apple Care folks will ship out
a USB device with Lion thereupon in certain instances. This maybe just
such a qualifying instance, though I'd suspect a redemption code would
be requisite for the appointment of the MacOS Lion "server upgrade"
via the App Store.
Regarding the "Mac Pro" (which someone seemed to confused with a
Macbook Pro in earlier chatter on the list), will likely not go the
way of the Xserve. The reason is that from my experiences living in
Beverly Hills for a number of years is that the Mac Pro is used
extensively in the video editing market and most video editing
facilities in California have no issue writing a cheque for huge Mac
Pro instantiations for such purposes. Lest we not forget the footprint
of research users that use these machines.
Lastly, while I personally own an iMac and a MacMini, the Mac Pro is
the only truly configurable Mac and will likely be around for a long
time to come. Will it always be in stock at the Apple Store? Maybe,
maybe not...but built to order machines will exist for a long time. As
a matter of fact I believe that the LOM capabilities in the Xserve are
soon to come within the next generation of Mac Pros.
V/R,
IT2 Stuart B. Tener
NORAD / US NORTHCOM HQ (Reserve ADT orders until 30 SEP)
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Beverly Hills, CA / Las Vegas, NV / Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC
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Nextel: 124*233172*14 (direct connect)
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