Or a Mac Mini with upgradable memory and a relatively easily replacable hard disk or SSD (like the 2012 Mac Mini). The Mac Mini is what got me hooked to Macs, t

Or a Mac Mini with upgradable memory and a relatively easily replacable hard disk or SSD (like the 2012 Mac Mini). The Mac Mini is what got me hooked to Macs, they were relatively easily upgradable, and you could bring your own keyboard, screen, etc. Now the line-up for developers is just 'meh'. 1500-2000 Euro buys you a baseline configuration that is weak (my ~5 year old Dell workstation that I bought second hand for ~400 Euro still has three times as much memory, and is twice as fast for multi core loads as my MacBook Pro). To get a reasonable developer machine, you have to drop 3000-4000 Euro and you get something that is unexpandable and still does not have modern CUDA-supporting GPU except for a still somewhat experimental eGPU setup. Apple is now a large consumer hardware company. Love letters to developers are a thing of a distant past. (This year is my 10 year Mac anniversary, but there is not much to be happy about, except for the still excellent software from the Mac ISV ecosystem.)