Re:MacBook Pro M3
by xcv123 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @03:53PM
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> makes me seriously question why developers need macbook pro's
For work I am developing a massive JVM monolith server application and even the M1 Pro 16" takes minutes for it just to start up. Compilation is also slow with millions of lines of code. I have SQL Server running on an x86 Linux VM with Rosetta in Docker. Need all the CPU I can get. The Macbook Air simply has less CPU performance and is thermally throttled. It would waste too much of my time.
For my personal hobby C++ coding, the Macbook Air 8GB would be enough.
For work I am developing a massive JVM monolith server application and even the M1 Pro 16" takes minutes for it just to start up. Compilation is also slow with millions of lines of code. I have SQL Server running on an x86 Linux VM with Rosetta in Docker. Need all the CPU I can get. The Macbook Air simply has less CPU performance and is thermally throttled. It would waste too much of my time.
For my personal hobby C++ coding, the Macbook Air 8GB would be enough.