upvote

points

by comrade123417 hours ago |
comments
upvoteby dewey17 hours ago|
next
[-]
> you know they have them internally...

What makes you think that? There's a lot of data centers that sell you access to colocated Mac Mini's, they have added FileVault unlock via SSH in the boot process which also makes things easier. There's not that many reasons to run a Mac in the cloud unless you have some very specific Mac related workload.

reply
upvoteby giancarlostoro16 hours ago|
parent|
next
[-]
Because there's been photos of Apple building server racks with Apple Silicon, but also a recent leak.

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/leaked-images-of-apple-...

https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-begins-shipping-ai-se...

reply
upvoteby N_A_T_E16 hours ago|
parent|
prev|
next
[-]
At this point it’s a well known secret that Apple has real rack mount servers for their internal processes. They actually have officially released video of their servers in the WSJ report on their chip supply chain.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/photos-of-apples-own-ne...

reply
upvoteby reaperducer10 hours ago|
parent|
[-]
it’s a well known secret that Apple has real rack mount servers for their internal processes

Only if by "secret" you mean "announced in multiple press releases and a public event with federal, state, and local officials at its new sever factory in Houston."

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-opens-advanced-...

reply
upvoteby ndiddy16 hours ago|
parent|
prev|
next
[-]
> What makes you think that?

There’s articles about them, Apple uses them internally for AI services. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/photos-of-apples-own-ne...

reply
upvoteby unrented797716 hours ago|
parent|
prev|
next
[-]
Apple has to have significant build infrastructure to support internal iOS development, surely? They can't just be using whatever is at the developers' desk, or a big pile of Mac minis in a closet. That's far too pedestrian for Apple internal works.

Plus they did sell rackmount servers for some time.

reply
upvoteby shepmaster16 hours ago|
parent|
prev|
next
[-]
> What makes you think that?

Here's a leaked / rumor image of Apple servers themselves.

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/leaked-images-of-apple-...

reply
upvoteby abtinf16 hours ago|
parent|
prev|
[-]
> [cites a convoluted work around]

> [still claims there is no reason]

reply
upvoteby detourdog16 hours ago|
prev|
[-]
They did. Now think they feel a stack on Minis or Studios fills the reduce needs better. The multiple machines one gets software redundancy in addition to everything else.
reply