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USB-C only: fine. I am a happy owner of Macbook'2015 with a single USB-C port, this works for me. 16G RAM maximum: what is it, 2013? I am a Scala software engi

USB-C only: fine. I am a happy owner of Macbook'2015 with a single USB-C port, this works for me. 16G RAM maximum: what is it, 2013? I am a Scala software engineer, and 16G is the minimum to feel comfortable. OK, I could live with it, if only... Dual core mobile CPU: dual-core?! in 2016? These days, _mobile phones_ spot 8 cores. Apple's own iPhone has 4-core CPU. This is a joke, right? GPU: Intel Iris Graphics 510, with no discrete graphics option. OK, right, this _is_ a joke. tl;dr A computer with a dual core CPU and integrated graphics is not a developer's machine, no way. Goodbye, Apple. I have spent tens of thousands dollars buying your stuff, but enough is enough.

lanna 10y ago
why is discrete graphics required for software development? i spend most on my time typing text or using the terminal, intel iris is more than enough.
- atemerev 10y ago
  If you work with machine learning / data science, you need GPU for accelerated computing. Yes, I can train my models on servers rented at Amazon (which I used to do), but those are expensive.
  - dagw 10y ago
    For me it's not even that. I just want to be able to develop and test my CUDA code on my dev machine. It doesn't even have to be super fast.
slantyyz 10y ago
Aside from the RAM limit, a new 15" MBP should address your issues to some degree, no?
- atemerev 10y ago
  Pricey! And while the touch bar is an excellent addition, I wish they didn't remove function keys. Half of my IntelliJ IDEA shortcuts are mapped to function keys. :( Also, no CUDA. I understand it isn't Apple's fault to stick with AMD instead of nVidia, however, OpenCL is not nearly as popular as CUDA-based frameworks. For the moment, for the same price I've assembled the ultimate desktop: Core i7 6700K, 32G RAM, nVidia GTX 1080, 2x512 SSD, 4K display. I don't know what else to wish for. OK, I'll have to live with Ubuntu, but the hardware is worth it. I am keeping my thin Macbook'2015 for travel-related stuff: 80% of tasks I can do with that, and for remaining 20%, I can do remote desktop connection to my home machine.
megablast 10y ago
Seems a 15 inch will keep you happy.

lanna 10y ago

why is discrete graphics required for software development? i spend most on my time typing text or using the terminal, intel iris is more than enough.

atemerev 10y ago
If you work with machine learning / data science, you need GPU for accelerated computing. Yes, I can train my models on servers rented at Amazon (which I used to do), but those are expensive.
- dagw 10y ago
  For me it's not even that. I just want to be able to develop and test my CUDA code on my dev machine. It doesn't even have to be super fast.

slantyyz 10y ago

Aside from the RAM limit, a new 15" MBP should address your issues to some degree, no?

atemerev 10y ago
Pricey! And while the touch bar is an excellent addition, I wish they didn't remove function keys. Half of my IntelliJ IDEA shortcuts are mapped to function keys. :( Also, no CUDA. I understand it isn't Apple's fault to stick with AMD instead of nVidia, however, OpenCL is not nearly as popular as CUDA-based frameworks. For the moment, for the same price I've assembled the ultimate desktop: Core i7 6700K, 32G RAM, nVidia GTX 1080, 2x512 SSD, 4K display. I don't know what else to wish for. OK, I'll have to live with Ubuntu, but the hardware is worth it. I am keeping my thin Macbook'2015 for travel-related stuff: 80% of tasks I can do with that, and for remaining 20%, I can do remote desktop connection to my home machine.

megablast 10y ago

Seems a 15 inch will keep you happy.