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Unless you're on a PPC processor.
by ptomato 17y ago
Unless you're on a PPC processor.
- Zev 17y agoIn that case, you're using a machine thats 4+ years old and its about time for an update. Especially if the machine is being used for development.
- ptomato 17y agoLast PPC macs were G5 towers in August 2k6, which have plenty of power... And raw beefy system specs aren't really that much of a need for people doing e.g. Ruby coding because hey, Ruby is slow anyway. And the cross-section of people who use Git and people who code Ruby is quite large. http://github.com/languages http://github.com/languages
- Zev 17y agoIntel Mac's were announced in June 2005 ([1]). Apple started shipping them in the beginning of 2006. Anyone who bought a PPC Mac in August 2006 won't get any pity from me. And, where isn't it important to have a fast dev machine for, you know, actually getting work done and making sure the code works. The speed differences between a PPC mac and a current day Mac are huge. Yes, you can probably get by with a PPC mac if you don't actually execute any code on your machine. But, I would guess that thats very rare, if your job involves coding. [1] http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html
- ptomato 17y agoAgain, for anyone coding in a scripting language the speed difference isn't particularly significant and isn't enough to affect your workflow noticeably. What specifically doing Rails coding need a fast dev machine for?
- dasil003 17y agoTakes me 3 minutes to run our full test suite, takes some of my colleagues > 10 minutes. Importing a dump of our production DB takes me only 4 hours, takes them 10.
- dasil003 17y agoRuby coding because hey, Ruby is slow anyway This logic is absolutely backwards.