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If you're a regular old enterprise developer, the chances are you don't actually need a $5000 iMac Pro, either. The stock 6-core 3.7GHz i5 iMac 5K for $2300 (ma
by chipotle_coyote 7y ago
If you're a regular old enterprise developer, the chances are you don't actually need a $5000 iMac Pro, either. The stock 6-core 3.7GHz i5 iMac 5K for $2300 (maybe with another ~$100 for 16GB extra third-party memory to bring it internally up to 24GB) is going to be more than up to the challenge of most tasks.
- scarface74 7y agoI agree about the iMac.... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20143484 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20143484 And the memory... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20143664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20143664
- chipotle_coyote 7y agoHeh. The "buy with 8GB and add 16GB third-party" is what I actually did, although I have a Late 2015 iMac bought in early 2016. A bit over three years in and it's still feeling quite fast to me.