亚马逊的EC2服务提供了多种Linux和Windows操作系统的选择，但我还没有找到提供类似的租金按小时的服务为远程Mac OS X的虚拟机的服务。有没有这样的服务存在吗？ （iCloud中看起来只是一个数据存储服务，而不是一种服务，允许远程登录等）

Amazon's EC2 service offers a variety of Linux and Windows OS choices, but I haven't found a service offering a similar "rent by the hour" service for a remote Mac OS X virtual machine. Does such a service exist? (iCloud looks to be just a data storage service, rather than a service allowing remote login, etc.)

这样一个虚拟机的服务将是测试软件是非常有用的一个可重复的，中性的位置。

Such a virtual machine service would be very useful for testing software in a reproducible, "neutral" location.

更新1：只是要清楚，我指的是点播或现场情况，其中机（或虚拟机）是每小时租来的，而不是涉及一个每月典型的网络托管服务，类似于EC2的服务订阅。正如@Erik指出，有该路由几个不错的选择。至于我的搜索查询OS X主机中包含每小时条款或按小时收费正在转向很小的（基本上，只是人工费等每小时修理），我倾向于认为，这并不能对某些存在原因。如果有，它似乎是合理的，这样的公司会做广告precisely这些查询。

Update 1: Just to be clear, I'm referring to services similar to EC2's on-demand or spot instances, where the machine (or virtual machine) is rented per hour, rather than typical web hosting services that involve a monthly subscription. As @Erik has pointed out, there are several good options for that route. As my searches for queries for OS X hosting with terms like "per hour" or "hourly rates" are turning up very little (basically, just labor fees for hourly repairs), I am inclined to believe that this doesn't exist for some reason. If it did, it seems reasonable that such a firm would advertise for precisely these queries.

更新2：我看到这个问题是得到了很多的观点随着时间的推移。如果有人遇到的情况发生了变化，即存在的是的这种服务的提供者，请邮寄我会接受这个答案吧。

Update 2: I see that this question is getting a lot of views over time. If someone encounters a change in the situation, i.e. that there is a provider of such services, please post and I will accept that answer instead.

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我刚刚碰到今晚。不能说，如果他们是合法的，多久的企业，以及他们是否就在附近长，但似乎有趣。我可以给他们一个尝试，并且将发布更新，如果我这样做。

I just came across this tonight. Can't say if they are legit, how long in business, and whether they'll be around long, but seems interesting. I may give them a try, and will post update if I do.

％的网站，他们说，他们提供的时薪，因为你去和每周/每月的计划，再加上有一个免费试用。

Per the website, they say they offer hourly pay-as-you-go and weekly/monthly plans, plus there's a free trial.

http://www.macincloud.com

每@Iterator，张贴在我的调查结果更新这项服务，从我的意见移出：

Per @Iterator, posting update on my findings for this service, moving out from my comments:

我没有试用/评估。该试验可以就如何审判工作的误导。您可能需要立即登记看价格，但试用至今，每试用软件下载，不出现是有时间限制的。这只是功能部件的限制。您在注册来获得自己的帐户，但实际上你使用一个通用的审判登录帐户做试验，而不是你自己的帐户。你自己的帐号被用来当你真正支付服务。试用限制你可以做什么，安装，保存等，但不够好，给你的东西是如何工作的想法。所以它不会伤害上申请评估并没有支付任何费用。

I did the trial/evaluation. The trial can be misleading on how the trial works. You may need to signup to see prices but the trial so far, per the trial software download, doesn't appear to be time limited. It's just feature restricted. You signup to get your own account, but you actually use a generic trial login account to do the trial, not your own account. Your own account is used when you actually pay for the service. The trial limits what you can do, install, save, etc. but good enough to give you an idea of how things work. So it doesn't hurt to signup to evaluate and not pay anything.

数据持久性是通过将文件保存到DropBox的（pre-安装，你只需要登录/配置）等，另外的AMI，EBS，或者一些虚拟机映像的概念提出。他们的服务其实就像是一个共享的网站托管解决方案，其中用户分时Mac计算机（如分时在Unix / Linux服务器），我认为他们限制或定期清除你把机器上的，或者宁可他们不这样做备份您的文件，因此使用DropBox的做备份。如果需要，每个人都应该与他们联系，澄清这一点。

Persistence of data is offered via saving files to DropBox (pre-installed, you just need login/configure), etc. There is no concept of AMIs, EBS, or some VM image. Their service is actually like a shared website hosting solution, where users timeshare a Mac machine (like timesharing a Unix/Linux server), and I think they limit or periodically purge what you put on the machine, or perhaps rather they don't backup your files, hence use of DropBox to do the backup. One should contact them to clarify this if desired.

他们有不同的定价选项，你提到的所有全日通，为$每月20计划，他们是当你为$ 1 /小时去计划中的薪酬。当您去根据我的使用和收费我可能会去。你去的薪酬是基于prepaid学分（1学分= 1小时计费，30信贷增量）。有一点需要注意的是，你需要定期使用计划至少一次每60天为现收现付计划，否则你失去了未使用的信用。所以这就像最低消费币/ 1时每60天。

They have various pricing options, as you mention the all day pass, monthly plans at $20, and their is a pay as you go plan at $1/hr. I'd probably go with pay as you go based on my usage. The pay as you go is based on prepaid credits (1 credit = 1 hour, billed at 30 credit increments). One caveat is that you need to periodically use the plan at least once every 60 days for the pay as you go plan or else you lose unused credits. So that's like minimum of spending 1 credit /1 hour every 60 days.

现在最后一个评论，从我的评价，就需要高带宽的有效使用该服务。这是超过1.5 Mbps的DSL的使用，但在响应一种缓慢。你会想从公司网络与Gbps的带宽以实现最优化使用。或者至少是一个较高的速度电缆/ DSL宽带连接。在我的最后一次测试〜3Mbps的似乎足以在低带宽轮廓（他们有多个带宽的连接配置文件，低，中，高，对于一些带宽范围优化）。我没有在较高的人进行测试。你的情况可能会有所不同。

One last comment for now, from my evaluation, you'll need high bandwidth to use the service effectively. It's usable over 1.5 Mbps DSL but kind of slow in response. You'd want to use it from a corporate network with Gbps bandwidth for optimal use. Or at least a higher speed cable/DSL broadband connection. On my last test ~3Mbps seemed sufficient on the low bandwidth profile (they have multiple bandwidth connection profiles, low, medium, high, optimized for some bandwidth ranges). I didn't test on the higher ones. Your mileage may vary.