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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by garmaine on Saturday June 20, 2020 @02:57PM (#23585959)
Every tech company I've worked at in Silicon Valley let the engineer pick their own computer and just submit a receipt for reimbursement. Up to $3000.

Frankly with the cost of hiring you, spending $3k to make you even a few percent more productive if money well spent.

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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by NightlyDev on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:44PM (#23589023)
USD 3000 might be quite limiting if you need a fast workstation. 3000 USD is like one 1 TB high performance SSD.
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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:02AM (#23589650)
What? Even optane is less than half that much.

A high performance SSD, capable of over 3GB/s, is less than $200 for 1TB.

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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by NightlyDev on Monday June 22, 2020 @10:12PM (#23609268)
P4800X is around 5K. And you probably want them in raid, so at least 10K.
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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @02:00AM (#23610376)
And a 905P costs a quarter of that.

But seriously, a 970 Evo Plus is a high performance SSD suitable for a workstation and that's $400 for two.

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