No Mac, no problem (for you PC guys)

SingleSparqSingleSparq Member Posts: 1,339
edited November -1 in iPhone and Android Publishing
www.macincloud.com for those too cheap to buy a Mac;)
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  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Well isn't that interesting. Im surprised Apple doesn't have them shut down. for basically getting paid to have access to OSX on a non apple machine.

    But heck $20/month I wonder how much time that gets you. That time limit could be a big motivator to not sit a screw around and really get some work done.
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  • lildragnlildragn Member Posts: 105
    3hrs apparently... not too shabby a service.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Holy crap. $50/month for unlimited use right now. Wow thats a really cheap way to try out a mac. The performance of the system though would be affected by your connection but honestly for $50 to see if you can throw something together in a month wow. Thats cheap. Im saving this and referring all the why not windows threads here from no on. :)
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  • old_kipperold_kipper Member Posts: 1,420
    Not sure about provisioning profiles, installing GS, and if it would be possible to run the viewer via wifi, or how laggy it might be but if some or all of these get sorted it would be cool for them PC weirdos...
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    wow that is impressing

    I think Apple should do something like that on the store to let people try out the mac

    Calvin
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    tenrdrmer said:
    Holy crap. $50/month for unlimited use right now. Wow thats a really cheap way to try out a mac. The performance of the system though would be affected by your connection but honestly for $50 to see if you can throw something together in a month wow. Thats cheap. Im saving this and referring all the why not windows threads here from no on. :)

    $50 a month seems... well... kinda high for long-term use.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Photics said:
    $50 a month seems... well... kinda high for long-term use.

    700 per year to have full access to a mac that works through your PC and any other device you have? Seems cheep. 2 years of use before you have shelled out as much for a new Mac and you don't have to worry about upgrading etc….

    they are prob running Mac Pro Servers so way more power than you will ever need. and your limitations will be based on your Internet connection. I think its an awesome solution to get access to mac for a while to try your hand a programming.
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  • dotsonj23dotsonj23 Member Posts: 316
    Hey you can even use with iPad. I guess that might be cool for on the go GS programing.
  • wormilwormil Member Posts: 127
    Tendrdrmer, I'd argue if they are using mac pro servers. I'd bet they are using mac minis. A mini is cheap and easy. Configure remote everything, stick on shelf. Next.

    I used to see the 'servers' rackmount would buy to lease out before they were shipped....they were not super HP or DELL servers, they were put together by a monkey (I saw it!) and shipped.
  • keweworkshopkeweworkshop Member Posts: 377
    cool business idea, good for them!
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    tenrdrmer said:
    700 per year to have full access to a mac that works through your PC and any other device you have? Seems cheep. 2 years of use before you have shelled out as much for a new Mac and you don't have to worry about upgrading etc….

    they are prob running Mac Pro Servers so way more power than you will ever need. and your limitations will be based on your Internet connection. I think its an awesome solution to get access to mac for a while to try your hand a programming.

    it is 600 not 700
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    calvin9403 said:
    it is 600 not 700

    $50*12=$600

    A new Mac Mini starts at $599... and there are other expenses involved... monitor, keyboard, mouse. So yeah... this might be a way to cut expenses or at least test the waters.

    But if this is a long-term thing, isn't it better to own your own Mac? If you like the remote access part, then http://macminicolo.net/ might make more sense. I like that I can resell my Mac Mini when I'm done with my Mac. Heh, but since I like it so much, that's probably not going to happen. Even if I was to stop doing Mac publishing today, my Mac Mini would be converted into a home server and media center. It's TV friendly.
  • FranzKellerFranzKeller Member Posts: 517
    If you are going to do anything serious, just buy a Mac Mini. They are quite reasonably priced, and you can use your existing PC monitors etc.

    It'll take longer than a few hours to make a decent game! Expect to work hard,
    even with an "easier" tool like GS.

    ( You could prepare your graphics and such ahead of time on a PC though, I suppose. )
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