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What I find ridiculous are Apple's prices. I need 16GB RAM, 256+GB SSD for dev work. In 2014, a MacBook Pro with these specs cost me €1500. Today, it would be €
by mherrmann 9y ago
What I find ridiculous are Apple's prices. I need 16GB RAM, 256+GB SSD for dev work. In 2014, a MacBook Pro with these specs cost me €1500. Today, it would be €2000. I lost my MacBook on a train two weeks ago [1]. Because of this surge in prices, I decided to go for a Dell XPS 13. It's supposed to be the best Linux laptop and cost me €1600 with 16/512GB.
[1]: https://fman.io/blog/lost-laptop/ https://fman.io/blog/lost-laptop/
- ProblemFactory 9y agoIn 2014, USD/EUR exchange rate was around 1.35-1.40. In 2017, it has been around 1.05-1.10. So assuming Apple originally prices things in dollars and converts for foreign markets, 1500 EUR in 2014 is the same price as 1900-2000 EUR today just based on the exchange rate changes.
- simonh 9y agoI'm in the UK. Don't even get me started. Thanks Brexit voters, you really stuck it to The Man this time!