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Horizon view VDI for MAC
Is there any option to connect to a MAC vm for freelance users who would work with their own device but connect to MAC vm setup in company's lan? I heard MAC only supports own hardware but the defeats the purpose of bring your own device and secured connection to protect freelance users from making copy of content protected data on their system.
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I will probably have 7 apple VMs or 10 down the line for freelance users. Mac mini wont give adequate performance unless I buy one with 16 gb of RAM and good CPU clock speed for graphics based application on Adobe cloud. So vmware connector client does work for connecting to MAC VMs and it is limited to VNC only?
At present there is no VMware Horizon View for Mac, only Windows & Linux.
You have to do it manually, and remember you will need Apple Server Hardware.
You have to do it manually, and remember you will need Apple Server Hardware.
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Looks like there are no powerful server for Apple. Most of the cube in our office are used by individual designer. Perhaps, I will have to setup each cube for VM user and give them access remotely. I will have to research, if VNC has security feature and restriction like vmware connection server that restricts copying and pasting of content out VM for users working from home
Apple XServe3 (discontinued), and Apple Mac Pro
3.7GHz Quad Core (or 3.5 6 Core), and 64GB or memory!
3.7GHz Quad Core (or 3.5 6 Core), and 64GB or memory!
No point in getting the XServe. The Mac Pros are more powerful, but you can still buy more power in a modern rackmount unit, just not with Apple Hardware. It really depends on how many users you wish to support and how much you wish to spend.
Apple still only serves basic consumer needs and barely get into the "pro-sumer" category with the Mac Pro. They're limiting their own high end market. Apple has mainly stayed in the Mid range market.
Apple still only serves basic consumer needs and barely get into the "pro-sumer" category with the Mac Pro. They're limiting their own high end market. Apple has mainly stayed in the Mid range market.
If it's a VM, you should be able to connect to it remotely from a Mac. There's Microsoft Remote Desktop, if you want to connect to a Windows VM. There's the built-in Screen Sharing app if you want to connect to an unencrypted VNC linux or Mac session. You can have Mac VMs on a Mac. If you have older Macs OSX that came on physical media, you technically can create a VM image and run it on non-Apple hardware, but you'd have to have the correct, supported hardware to make it work.