It's indeed annoying that there's a bit of a gap in Apple's product range for a high-end-but-not-excessive machine. I'd go right ahead and buy a higher-end Appl

It's indeed annoying that there's a bit of a gap in Apple's product range for a high-end-but-not-excessive machine. I'd go right ahead and buy a higher-end Apple desktop machine, with enthusiast-level components, and the ability to bump the memory, storage, and GPU up myself at a later date. I don't need a tiny enclosure or dual GPUs or built-in screens, so the Mac Pro and iMac Pro are not cost-effective products. I really do miss the old Mac Pro, which fitted this use-case perfectly. I'm genuinely pretty surprised there's not a market for that kind of thing among software developers in particular.