I had no idea you could use the Mac Pro on its side, but according to this Apple support document, you can.
Using the new Mac Pro on its side
I had no idea you could use the Mac Pro on its side, but according to this Apple support document, you can.
Imagine them stacked like cordwood!
All blow-drying my nail polish.
All blow-drying someone’s nail polish.
Seriously, though… how long until Twelve South creates a stacking stand for them?
“When using multiple Mac Pro (Late 2013) computers, do not direct the exhaust at the top of one Mac Pro towards the intake of another system.”
No Mac Pro centipede!
A good stand would be a properly scaled model of a Jumbo jet.
I assume this is for Rack mounting (You know this is going to happen eventually)
I think we should dub this the “Turbo Jet position.” Cheers!
That was my first thought too. Not to mention other accessories designed around the new Mac Pro. Bring on the round drive enclosures and NAS boxes while we’re at it. Black is the new black?
Mac Pro Colo? Has a nice ring to it.
Oooh! A ventilated base for external drives that looks like a black metal wedding cake!
Heh, they’re exactly 4U high. I think you can only fit 2 across though. So not very efficient. Need to put them into a different type of lattice.
More efficient use of space than the old Mac Pro, which would prove quite difficult to rack mount.
Seems one company has already created a Mac Pro mounting solution: http://www.cultofmac.com/232391/you-can-already-turn-the-new-mac-pro-into-a-supercomputer-with-this-server-rack/
That’s still not very efficient. I’m guessing that a hexagonal lattice might be 30% more space efficient.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_structure#Close_packing
I was thinking the same, kind of like a wine rack of sorts.
Given the likely method of racking this will use…
the “Wine Rack” position