Amazon adds M1 Mac minis to EC2 service for faster build times.

The new instances will be available in two regions (US West – Oregon and US East – North Virginia) for $0.6498 per hour, with support for discounts through AWS’ Savings Plans, too. AWS promises that these new machines offer a “60% better price performance over the x86-based EC2 Mac instances for iPhone and Mac app build workloads.”

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AWS News Blog: Use New Amazon EC2 M1 Mac Instances to Build & Test Apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV

Reference: Amazon’s EC2 Service to Offer M1 Mac Mini Instances for Faster Build Times,
AWS brings M1 Mac minis to its cloud

Recommendations

Developer:

Try new instances to check build times, if using cloud build machines.

QA engineer:

Business as usual.

PM/DM:

Consider using new EC2 Mac mini instances to speed up builds.

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