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I feel like the ideal would be a 2U, 8 mac mini with dual 10Gb ethernet, shared dual power supplies, actual datacenter heatsink layout would be such a great CI platform.
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How many would they sell per year, and how would the total revenue compare to iPhone revenue?
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> how would the total revenue compare to iPhone revenue

That's not a useful watermark, most of Apple's own offerings are nowhere near the iPhone revenue level.

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Well it means why Apple doesn't care about the market lol.
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If they can sell them for higher margin than a mac mini/macbook it seems sensible enough.
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I have no idea if this is true, but I would not be surprised if Apple has its own unreleased server variant based on the Mac Mini or Mac Studio platform that is deployed in data centers for specific clients.
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They do. They have their own custom 2U rack machines which they use for AI and private cloud stuff.
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they could charge 8x if they packed 4 in a rack.
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