FreeAgent CTO here. We now default to quad-core i7 32GB 13" MacBook Pros which are super-flexible (travel, working in different locations etc) and definitely po

FreeAgent CTO here. We now default to quad-core i7 32GB 13" MacBook Pros which are super-flexible (travel, working in different locations etc) and definitely powerful enough for local dev. We benchmarked these when running tests locally against 16" hex-core MBP and found comparatively little difference – CPU ultimately stops being the bottleneck at some point. It looks like mobile dev workflow (iOS and Android) benefits from more powerful machines (and definitely 32GB RAM) but again it's a trade off over power vs portability, the latter being important for our developers.