A diverse set of operating systems are supported on bare metal Mac hardware
MacStadium makes every effort to support new releases of macOS as soon as possible pending reliability testing by our engineering team to offer the best experience for customers. Stay tuned for news about macOS 10.13 High Sierra availability on dedicated Mac servers.
Available on all dedicated Mac servers. Available in seconds on some Mac mini servers with instant activation.
Available on all dedicated Mac servers. Available in seconds on some Mac mini servers with instant activation.
Available on all dedicated Mac servers.
Not compatible with 2014 i5 Mac mini. Available on all other Mac servers.
OS X 10.8.1 or later compatible with Mac mini computers from late 2012 or older. Not compatible with Mac Pro. Compatible with Xserve.
Not compatible with available Mac mini or Mac Pro servers. Compatible with Xserve.
Available at time of order. A genuine Windows license is required and will be requested via installation ticket during configuration.
Available at time of order. A genuine Windows license is required and will be requested via installation ticket during configuration.
Available at time of order. A genuine Windows license is required and will be requested via installation ticket during configuration.
Available at time of order. A genuine Windows license is required and will be requested via installation ticket during configuration.
Available at time of order. A genuine Windows license is required and will be requested via installation ticket during configuration.
Recommended. Available on all Mac servers and is the default install on hosted private cloud deployments.
Available on all Mac servers. Not recommended for new deployments. Update to ESXi 6.5 or newer if possible to obtain latest bug fixes and feature releases.
We’ve found that creating virtual machines in VMware is the best experience for customers wishing to run Linux. We don’t support the installation of Linux operating systems on bare metal Mac servers.
