[bla3]

You can legally only run macOS on apple hardware, and that's expensive.

[Sebb767]

Also, there's a lack of dedicated server products.

[asciimike]

I loved how imgix solved this: https://photos.imgix.com/racking-mac-pros (definitely not cheap, but super slick)

[sverhagen]

Does that actually make sense, or is it just another Engineering team doubling down on their poor early architectural choices ("or lack thereof")?

[asciimike]

My understanding is that they needed some of the functionality in CoreGraphics, thus had to use Macs.

[mst]

Which, if it allows them to get better quality results with less engineering time, could totally turn out to have been a sensible business decision.

(no idea beyond "could", but it does at least seem plausible)

[martin8412]

The latest Mac Pro is sold in a rack mount version