Subj : AWS upgrades its Apple Mac stack for extra cloud power
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Sep 20 2023 17:00:03

AWS upgrades its Apple Mac stack for extra cloud power

Date:
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:45:07 +0000

Description:
AWS EC2 customers can now enjoy Apples latest silicon built into its 
range-topping Mac Minis for a daily charge.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of its fleet 
of new Mac Minis, powered by the Cupertino giants high-performance M2 Pro 
chips. 

With the addition of Apples latest models on its platform, AWS EC2 customers 
can now choose between Intel Core i7 x86 CPUs or two of Apple's own SoCs: M1 
and M2 Pro. 

AWS says it envisages these customers building, testing, packaging, and 
signing applications for Apple hardware including Macs, iPhones and iPads, 
and Apple Watches. M2 Pro Macs now available via AWS EC2 

AWS has ordered in a fleet of M2-powered Mac Mini models with performance in 
mind, each featuring a 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 32GB of memory, and a 
16-core Apple Neural Engine. 

They also support up to 10 Gbps of Amazon VPC network bandwidth and up to 8 
Gbps of Amazon EBS storage bandwidth thanks to high-speed Thunderbolt 
connections. 

This configuration would cost at least $1,999 for customers directly from the 
Apple website, making the whole idea of renting a Mac especially attractive. 

Its unclear why AWS opted to go for the M2 Pro chips rather than the Mac 
Minis cheaper M2 chips, but as far as we can tell, its only the Pro versions 
that are available. 

AWS says that developers can use macOS Ventura on their rented Macs. We asked 
the cloud company whether it would add support for macOS Sonoma when Apple 
drops its next OS at the end of September, but did not receive an immediate 
response. M1-powered Mac Minis have previously been available with beta OS 
versions, so its likely that the same flexibility would transfer to the 
latest hardware. 

M2 Pro Macs are available to rent from AWS now, but due to Apples licensing 
terms, customers will have to commit to 24-hour periods, starting at $37.44 a 
day (via The Register ). Theyll also only be available in US West (Oregon) 
and US East (Ohio), but more locations are expected to be added soon. More 
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