needed: a mac osx 10.7 or .8 box

[Brad Roberts]

On 2/17/14, 1:51 PM, Joakim wrote:
> On Monday, 17 February 2014 at 19:34:34 UTC, Brad Roberts wrote:
>> The mac mini used for the D auto-tester has a failing drive (all but
>> failed at this point).  I've got the tools to crack it open and a new
>> drive on the way, but until then, the box is mostly dead.  It's the
>> only mac tester.
>>
>> So, to avoid going to go without testing on a mac for several days, I
>> need someone to loan me access to their system.  Even better more than
>> one person.  Even better, for more than just a few days.  Having just
>> a single test host == single point of failure.  I don't like single
>> points of failure.
>>
>> Any volunteers?  Please send me mail.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brad
>
> I was looking for a cheap way to rent a mac recently, this is the best I
> found:
>
> http://virtualmacosx.com/index.php/xcode-plans
>
> $5/week or $14.75/month for the cheapest plans, if you can't find
> anything else quickly.  I haven't used it so I don't know if they allow
> an auto-tester, but they have desktop and server plans that'd likely
> allow running one.

They explicitly list CI/Build Servers as a server plan use case.  That 
puts it into the $35/month category, or more likely $45/month since I 
don't believe the tester can survive with only 1 gig of memory.  I'm 
already spending a couple hundred a month running this thing and would 
rather not add to that.