Comment by nvx736
4 years ago
I think you answered your own question they had server hardware with bad software , with community and ecosystem enablement they could get into it . Why they can’t release a server rack with m1 macs ??
4 years ago
I think you answered your own question they had server hardware with bad software , with community and ecosystem enablement they could get into it . Why they can’t release a server rack with m1 macs ??
Because the server business has lower margins than they’d like? Trying to sell Mac laptops vs Windows laptops is very different than selling ARM servers vs x86 servers (all running Linux). The margins and support costs would be very high for not very many unit sales. And I doubt they would want to sell chips to someone like Supermicro for them to integrate into servers. I can’t imagine Apple trying to sell to OEMs and reducing their own relative fab capacity to sell chips to someone else.
If you want a rack of M1 servers, buy a couple of Mac Minis. But if you want them to also run Linux, that’s going to be a bit more difficult. macOS is compatible enough for many (most? all?) *nix server software, so why would Apple need to have a separate product?