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by prettyStandard 888 days ago
I agree it's nuts and wasteful. It seems like Microsoft & Apple could come up with an arrangement to reduce their waste.
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Maxious 888 days ago
Even AWS tucks mac minis into a rack https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-m2-pro-mac-i...

Perhaps a policy holdover from the late 90s https://www.wired.com/1997/09/apple-kills-clone-market/

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washadjeffmad 887 days ago
If you take the innards out of any model Mac and 3D print your own mounts, you can get some crazy density. There's basically nothing in them.
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