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My text editor needs the processing power of my $100 ThinkPad, and that's where I'll be using my text editor. What is it that justifies the $2500 price?
by teolandon 8y ago
My text editor needs the processing power of my $100 ThinkPad, and that's where I'll be using my text editor.
What is it that justifies the $2500 price?
- ricardobeat 8y ago6-core latest CPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, plus “apple tax” (design, thermals, build/hw quality, OS, support). You can build a similarly spec’d PC for maybe $1500, with a better GPU, but 20x as large, not silent, higher power consumption, etc. Many trade-offs, not for everyone.
- FireBeyond 8y agoOr it'll be right around $1250, the same size or smaller, and still silent: https://www.amazon.com/NUC7i7BNH-Dual-Core-i7-7567U-Bluetooth-Thunderbolt-x/dp/B071ZL86TV https://www.amazon.com/NUC7i7BNH-Dual-Core-i7-7567U-Bluetoot...
- stephenr 8y agoWith 1/2 the max RAM, 1/3 the CPU cores and from a previous generation, 1/4 the TB3 ports, no NVME, No 10GbE option. But sure. "The same".
- joshchaney 8y agoThat's a laptop CPU. The top-end Mac Mini he's using is a 65W TDP i7-8700. Pretty large difference in performance.