There are plenty of Macintosh lovers at Microsoft! I mean, after all, someone has to bring us products like Remote Desktop and Microsoft Office, Virtual PC and Windows Media Player, and someone has to make sure that they all work on the range of hardware that Apple has out on the market today. Well, without a doubt, the Mac lab at Microsoft is an awesome place to work, with tons of hardware to play with. Check out just one of their mixed automation racks, with an array of G3s, G4s, G5s, and Mac Minis:
I know I’d love to be in the midst of all of that, playing with all of those computers! But David Weiss, the author of the post and owner of the blog from which the photos are ganked, and who works at Microsoft in the Macintosh group, pointed out that when the Mac Mini was released, it was the end-all be-all of the hardware they needed, and they went all out and bought a ton of Mac Minis. Observe:
That’s over 150 Mac Minis, all lined up in a neat little row, being controlled by a combination of KVM switches and Apple Remote Desktop. How awesome is that? Click on the link for the full tour of the Mac lab at Microsoft, a place that I know I would absolutely love to work. (They have an Xbox360 and free drinks to help them unwind! I think I’m going to cry…)
See? Apple and Microsoft can be cozy together; no one has to fight!