[AJRF]

Is there something like Workspaces for consumers?

The homepage[1] makes it seem very enterprise heavy.

[1]- https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/

[commandshift90]

Definitely targeted at the enterprise, but it's entirely possible to provision and operate a single instance without any kind of enterprise-level agreement.

[AJRF]

Was there any work done around OS X support or are there licensing issues there / not enough support from Enterprise?

[commandshift90]

OS X licensing for off-prem machines is a tricky thing, and the technology being used for streaming complicates it further, if I recall.

[AJRF]

Thanks for answering! Other providers for OS X solutions are super dodgy / shutdown / involve time sharing (no imaging, you store everything into a personal Dropbox).

I ask about OS X support as the requirement for OS X to run Xcode kills a lot of iOS development workshops as the cost is to high / device availability is low.

Thanks again for taking the time to answer.

[josefdlange]

As a (primarily) iOS developer by trade, I feel your pain. There are colocation operations that seem to do well. They involve racks and racks of Mac minis hanging out in a datacenter somewhere -- since it's Apple hardware, it's totally acceptable within OS X licensing terms. It costs more, of course, but it might be a valuable investment to an operation that relies on a volume of machines to be available and shareable while staving off concerns about wear and tear.

The standard, and original, is: https://macminicolo.net

I'm sure there are others.

[AJRF]

Awesome thank you!

[math0ne]

I don't believe there is anything like RDP built into OSX, so I don't forsee anything like this for apple any time soon.

[bgaid]

Apple's included screen sharing tool is a Mac-specific solution. At MacStadium, we provide iRAAP server on our dedicated Mac servers for customers connecting from Windows computers; it allows for RDP access to the remote Mac.

[angrow]

There is. The feature is called "Screen Sharing."