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  • Amazon introduces native Mac instances for AWS, powered by Intel Mac mini

    karmadavekarmadave
    rob53 said:
    So what we're talking about is a company like Walmart taking over the small to medium cloud service providers. Amazon will simply undercut the traditional Mac cloud providers, forcing them out of business then when things aren't profitable, they'll dump AWS hosting on Mac hardware. I see this as predatory actions by a monopoly. Microsoft did the same thing. Apple had a half-baked server product (still has a quarter-baked server OS product) that they dumped because of cheap server hardware and free (linux) server OS. AWS is not free but it's huge. I'd rather see Apple enhance what's left of their server software and release a competitor to AWS instead of seeing AWS released on a desktop device (Mac mini). Apple could easily build a true server box with a version of the M1 that could compete with other server hardware and work with linux distributions for a very good server OS complete with better security than any server hardware and software available today. 
    Unfortunately, I see this as well. Companies, like Amazon, will drive smaller competitors out of the market. Mac Mini, on EC2, is specifically targeted at Mac and iOS/iPad developers and not end users. Much of the content (audio, video, images) will be stored on AWS's Object Cloud Storage called 'S3'. One significant thing about this announcement is that unlike Amazon's use of custom-built x86 hardware, they must purchase hardware from Apple. 
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  • Preorders for $1,099 iPhone 12 Pro Max now live

    karmadavekarmadave
    Got in a few minutes after 5:00AM PST and ordered a Max in Blue w/256GB RAM. Delivers next Friday 😃
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  • State report says Foxconn's Wisconsin plant 'more of a showcase' than a factory

    karmadavekarmadave
    Seems that Governors who rail against ‘Socialism’ are quick to use subsidies to lure companies to their states.
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  • Apple leaker confirms Oct. 13 'iPhone 12' event, Pro models arriving later

    karmadavekarmadave
    Covid-19 has definitely impacted supply chains. I work for a computer manufacturer (not Apple) and the market is just now getting caught up on severe NAND shortages. I expect capacity, in China, is no longer an issue however NAND shortages coupled with Apple's new 5nm A14 mean that supply will be tight throughout 2020 and into the first half of 2021. Frankly, given the circumstances I'm amazed that Apple can ever pull this off in 2020...
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  • Apple A14 Bionic announcement hints at 'iPhone 12' performance

    karmadavekarmadave
    Interesting that Apple would announce the A14 on the iPad Air and not their flagship iPhone. Perhaps 5nm yields as such that the iPhone was delayed? In any case, the A14 is a very impressive piece of engineering. I would expect that Apple will also use the A14 in their future Macs. In any case, the iPad Air looks like a killer upgrade!
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