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I'm a web developer / front-end engineer, and I work on a 2014 MBP with 16GB. It can slog. With multiple Chrome instances running, Atom with 12-15 documents o
by anthonybullard 10y ago
I'm a web developer / front-end engineer, and I work on a 2014 MBP with 16GB. It can slog. With multiple Chrome instances running, Atom with 12-15 documents open, sometimes IntelliJ looking at BE code, and our dev server(running on the JVM), Slack, and sometimes Sketch(and/or gimp). If you are just a "coder" that designs static sites or edit a WordPress theme, maybe that works for you.
But my company is right now looking for a upgrade path out of MBP.
No 32GB option, no Kaby Lake, substandard GPU, AND $500 more? No thanks. We have about 15 machines that were locked into auto purchase for Mac, but now we want to move not only the Eng/Data Science teams away from Mac, but our entire company(through Linux and ChromeOS most likely). Our ~60 person company's IT budget won't cause any pain for Apple, but I wonder how many other similar teams will consider a similar path forward.