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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by pram on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:42PM (#24674200)
“Haven’t ever” is simply not true. Apple has had plenty of historical server products, including dedicated rack servers with the Xserve line. That’s not to say it’s likely but it’s not unprecedented ;P
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by arcticbull on Sunday October 04, 2020 @01:25AM (#24676701)
I don't think they were really interested in the market honestly. They did it because they felt the needed to, to support use cases like CI for macOS and iOS apps. It was all about supporting the Apple developer community. They cut it as soon as it wasn't necessary, IMO.
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by jsjohnst on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:52AM (#24679047)
> They did it because they felt the needed to, to support use cases like CI for macOS and iOS apps

Actually, the Xserve platform really had nothing to do with that. Xserve’s were partly designed and built for the high end video production industry (as an extension of the Mac Pro hardware) and partly as a general purpose small to medium size business file server / web server (which the Mac Mini has subsumed what’s left of that space).

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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by thu2111 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:23PM (#24675118)
And they scrapped them. That's exactly my point. They were not committed: they made an uncompetitive product for a few years and bailed instead of trying harder. Compare to the Mac.
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