That seems... expensive....
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to buy a mini?
Just checked - yes it is after about 2 months.
Just checked - yes it is after about 2 months.
Obviously the 24 hour minimum means you’d be better buying one for most CI uses, which I think is what most people want them for.
However I think I remember a image can that also manipulated used apple hardware for the metal api? They would still benefit from the ability to scale on at least a daily level.
https://twitter.com/WindexCowboy/status/1333876188385841158
> The use of the Dedicated Hosts concept keeps the license requirement decoupled from the instance life cycle. While you do need to allocate the Mac for a minimum of 24 hours, you can launch and terminate a fresh mac1.metal instance on that box as many times as you like.
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25562532 for a huge caveat: scrubbing the old instance takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours.
So there are time constraints that make this far from ideal.
I bought one on ebay for $350 2 years back, I've added 16 GB RAM and a samsung evo SSD. At a total cost ~$500, this old mac mini is a beast.
I had just assumed they were not user upgradeable. So knowing now that they are, I'll have to take a look again.