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Apple Mac image on Amazon EC2? [closed]

I found that to start with apple app development you need to have some sort of Mac. I wonder if one may load an image of an Mac OSx on an Amazon EC2 instance for this purpose.

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olix20 Avatar asked Feb 28 '11 02:02

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Not going to work. EC2 uses Xen for its virtualization technology, and the chance of a Mac Xen port is pretty much nil, due to Apple's famously tight control over their operating system. Your best bet is probably to pony up for a Mac Mini; they're relatively cheap and could make a good starter dev box.

You want a local one anyway. You'll be running IDEs and a bunch of interactive utilities; latency from using a remote desktop will make everything just that much more difficult.

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Steven Schlansker Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 01:09

Steven Schlansker