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He is using a 2022 M2, which you can get that for about $2k used. That is beyond reasonable.
by techscruggs 3mo ago
He is using a 2022 M2, which you can get that for about $2k used. That is beyond reasonable.
- psychoslave 3mo agoGlobal Affordability Estimate: Top 10% of global earners (~800M people) can afford a $2,000 device without major financial strain. Top 25% (~2B people) could afford it with some budget adjustments. Bottom 50% (~4B people) would find it prohibitively expensive. So for a SV top income, maybe that might look more like the weekly pet brushing budget, but for most people out there this is not that much of a no-brainer.
- richwater 3mo agoYes, because the bottom 50%, mostly impoverished or near impoverished folks were spending money on Claude Code subscriptions instead /s
- ric2b 3mo ago2K is 10 years of a Claude Pro subscription, which also gives you better models...
- disgruntledphd2 3mo agoThe maths changes if you're working for yourself. Because I live in Europe, I've ended up working as a contractor due to the lack of a legal entity in my country. While that mostly sucked for a bunch of reasons, I was able to get a 64Gb Mac M2 a few years back with approximately a 52% discount, which was kinda nice.
- weego 3mo agoIf you're working for yourself paying monthly is exactly the same as amortising an asset. Personally I'd rather my business just pay $100 a month than have to deal with additional hardware and software maintenance while using a depreciating asset that is break-even after 3-5 years depending on the spec.
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- frollogaston 3mo agoBottom 50% aren't paying for Claude either, probably also don't own PCs or write code
- Shekelphile 3mo agoShe