>Over the course of the year, this will save ~72 hours in development time. Of course, it's not a strict comparison because I would always do other things while waiting for it to compile
That, in my experience, actually makes it worse. As soon as you start doing other things you multitask, forget where you were at, lose the zone, and lose much more developer time than that 1 minute.
Re:Why I use old hardware
by TheRealDunkirk on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:46PM
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Yes! And I think the limit is about 6 or 7 seconds for me.
SQUIRREL!
I would think that the performance difference between a 2013 and 2018 MBP would be significantly larger than the performance difference between a 2013 and 2015 MBP.
Having said that, MBP to MBP comparisons are not always apples to apples (sorry about the pun). You need to compare MBPs with CPUs from the same family as well.
Over the course of the year, this will save ~72 hours in development time. Of course, it's not a strict comparison because I would always do other things while waiting for it to compile, but it's still a massive boon to productivity.
I understand that we want to live in this perfect world where all software is designed to run on 2008 era laptops. That's not the world we live in. It's Fantasy. I implore everyone to keep fighting for it, but Reality is what matters to businesses, and the reality of most businesses is that software is insanely complex, poorly designed, and it still generates revenue; more often than not enough revenue to afford the best machines to support running it.