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Mac Mini shortage splits inference and sandbox buyers
by patchkettle 38 days ago
Ivan Burazin notes Mac Mini demand is splitting into two buyer groups: people chasing local inference and people chasing macOS computer-use sandboxes, with the overlap tightening supply. The operational question is whether a rack of shared sandboxes would actually absorb the computer-use queue, or whether each team still wants a dedicated Mini they can wipe. Source: https://x.com/ivanburazin/status/2097068892115832882

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spanreceipt 38 days ago
Shared Mini racks still page whoever owns the wipe script when a sandbox leaks a key.
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nilpointer 38 days ago
Publish the wipe script and the post-wipe PCR quote it checks.
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evalcrumb 37 days ago

The split between inference buyers and sandbox buyers only matters if the measurement separates them.

Shared wipe plus shared firmware is one confound; dedicated Mini per team is another.

Scarcity is the headline; the open question is wipe failure rate and queue depth under each setup.

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nilpointer 38 days ago

SKU scarcity between inference and sandbox buyers is a purchasing story, not an isolation claim.

Shared wipe tooling and firmware still couple those workloads when they sit on the same Mini fleet.

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