whm1974 wrote:just brew it! wrote:Just browsing the frikkin' web will make the fans spool up sometimes.
That is really bad. Come on Apple you can do better then that.
That does not sound a tad odd to you?
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whm1974 wrote:just brew it! wrote:Just browsing the frikkin' web will make the fans spool up sometimes.
That is really bad. Come on Apple you can do better then that.
End User wrote:just brew it! wrote:And the lack of >16GB RAM option (still!) is a near-dealbreaker for a software dev who needs to run VMs. So probably a B- or C?
Fair enough but a software developer would be far better off working on a 2017 era Mac Pro.
just brew it! wrote:End User wrote:just brew it! wrote:And the lack of >16GB RAM option (still!) is a near-dealbreaker for a software dev who needs to run VMs. So probably a B- or C?
Fair enough but a software developer would be far better off working on a 2017 era Mac Pro.
How about a laptop that actually supports 32GB of RAM? I work from home 1-2 days a week, so a mobile solution is desirable. If my several-years-old HP EliteBook can do it, surely this is not rocket science!
It also shouldn't cost $3K to get a decent dev system.
End User wrote:just brew it! wrote:End User wrote:Fair enough but a software developer would be far better off working on a 2017 era Mac Pro.
How about a laptop that actually supports 32GB of RAM? I work from home 1-2 days a week, so a mobile solution is desirable. If my several-years-old HP EliteBook can do it, surely this is not rocket science!
It also shouldn't cost $3K to get a decent dev system.
For a software developer Is using a quad core laptop CPU not as glaring an issue as the lack of 32GB of memory?
just brew it! wrote:End User wrote:just brew it! wrote:How about a laptop that actually supports 32GB of RAM? I work from home 1-2 days a week, so a mobile solution is desirable. If my several-years-old HP EliteBook can do it, surely this is not rocket science!
It also shouldn't cost $3K to get a decent dev system.
For a software developer Is using a quad core laptop CPU not as glaring an issue as the lack of 32GB of memory?
While I can't speak for everyone, I'd say no, it is not. Lack of RAM to host VMs without starving the host OS of RAM is a bigger issue than CPU horsepower.
And you've conveniently ignored the "mobile" requirement.
End User wrote:I did not ignore the "mobile" requirement. I refrained from making the comment that one should have both. I am a fan of remote workstations/servers that do all the heavy lifting.
End User wrote:just brew it! wrote:And the lack of >16GB RAM option (still!) is a near-dealbreaker for a software dev who needs to run VMs. So probably a B- or C?
Fair enough but a software developer would be far better off working on a 2017 era Mac Pro.
End User wrote:whm1974 wrote:just brew it! wrote:Just browsing the frikkin' web will make the fans spool up sometimes.
That is really bad. Come on Apple you can do better then that.
That does not sound a tad odd to you?
End User wrote:just brew it! wrote:And the lack of >16GB RAM option (still!) is a near-dealbreaker for a software dev who needs to run VMs. So probably a B- or C?
Fair enough but a software developer would be far better off working on a 2017 era Mac Pro.
just brew it! wrote:End User wrote:I did not ignore the "mobile" requirement. I refrained from making the comment that one should have both. I am a fan of remote workstations/servers that do all the heavy lifting.
If you're going to rely on a remote server for "heavy lifting" you shouldn't need a $1K+ laptop. For that much money I expect it to be portable, *and* capable of doing some fairly strenuous tasks.
Waco wrote:End User wrote:whm1974 wrote:That is really bad. Come on Apple you can do better then that.
That does not sound a tad odd to you?
It should sound odd, because it's ludicrous. Mine does it too (I run a Macbook and a Mac Pro at work). The Macbook will throttle up browsing the internal LAN sometimes. Firing up a VM to run tests guarantees that I get annoyed by fan noise on the Macbook.
just brew it! wrote:End User wrote:just brew it! wrote:And the lack of >16GB RAM option (still!) is a near-dealbreaker for a software dev who needs to run VMs. So probably a B- or C?
Fair enough but a software developer would be far better off working on a 2017 era Mac Pro.
I assume you mean Macbook Pro, since the Mac Pro is still the 2014 era Mac Pro...
End User wrote:Concupiscence wrote:Overall: I am really glad I sold my 2013 MacBook Air, took the money, and built a Windows-running Skylake i5 desktop.
What do you use when you are mobile? Just your phone?
just brew it! wrote:But do you realize how ridiculous it is to recommend a hypothetical (not even announced yet, and barely even hinted at) system with unknown specs and pricing, for a specific use case?