I’m a developer who daily drives a stacked 2009 Mac Pro. Friends sassed me for spending 3.5k on it in 09, “why would you ever need 32GB of ram?” Well today it d

I’m a developer who daily drives a stacked 2009 Mac Pro. Friends sassed me for spending 3.5k on it in 09, “why would you ever need 32GB of ram?” Well today it does everything I want from it except install new Mac OS’s. Ironically, this machine can handle modern tech stacks but can’t install anything past Sierra, which means it can’t do modern iOS development. I highly anticipated the new Mac Pro and was generally excited with the result. It is, in my opinion, a realignment and a positive move from Apple. But, as the article points out, it is a piss poor value until you considerably upgrade from the base specs. Worse still the Xeon options are a disaster compared to newly minted threadripper parts dollar for dollar. The Pro and the 16” have me feeling more positive about Apple than I have in years. It’s also too little too late. I’m part way into a hackintosh build that I hope to ride for a couple of generations to watch Apples decisions from a safe distance. I want them to win me back, but I remain nervous that developers represent a market segment Apple either doesn’t understand or isn’t interested in pleasing.