Tuesday, November 10
Taiga
I've been meaning to buy a new Mac for so long that they've changed the naming scheme for OS X releases and the joke no longer works. (My old Macs are all PowerPC models. I have a second-gen iMac with the 15" CRT, and an even older PowerMac - a 7600, I think.)
Yeah, it's not exactly cheap.* Australian prices have jumped about 25% this year due to currency fluctuations. On the other hand, it's probably the best software developer workstation available at any cost.
That 8GB RAM isn't going to stay that way; I'm just deciding whether to go to 32GB or splash out on 48GB or 64GB. 64GB of third-party RAM costs less than Apple's 32GB upgrade.
I've been meaning to buy a new Mac for so long that they've changed the naming scheme for OS X releases and the joke no longer works. (My old Macs are all PowerPC models. I have a second-gen iMac with the 15" CRT, and an even older PowerMac - a 7600, I think.)
Anyway, ordered the following from the Apple Store today:
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Yeah, it's not exactly cheap.* Australian prices have jumped about 25% this year due to currency fluctuations. On the other hand, it's probably the best software developer workstation available at any cost.
That 8GB RAM isn't going to stay that way; I'm just deciding whether to go to 32GB or splash out on 48GB or 64GB. 64GB of third-party RAM costs less than Apple's 32GB upgrade.
Anyone who has current Mac experience is welcome to chime in with recommendations for additional hardware and software. I want a USB Blu-Ray drive, some good (but not audiophile) stereo speakers (don't really need surround sound or a subwoofer), and either VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop.
I already have software subscriptions with Microsoft, Adobe, and JetBrains that will transfer straight across to Mac, so I'm covered there.
Apart from the old iMac, probably the last desktop PC I bought - rather than built - was my Sun Ultra 5 from around 1999. And even with that I replaced the disk drives and added a video card.
Update: Added 32GB of RAM, a Samsung external Blu-Ray writer, and a 5TB LaCie external drive, and I'm still $270 under Apple's 32GB upgrade price. That could pay for a nice set of AudioEngine speakers.
64GB might be nice, but (a) 32GB is enough, and I already have two computers with 32GB of RAM each, and (b) 64GB costs four times as much as 32GB because you need newer high-density memory.
Update: It's shipped! ETA Monday... When I won't be home. Of course.
* In fact, it's crazy expensive. You can get a decent computer including a small SSD and an IPS monitor for about A$1200. But I spend 60+ hours a week sitting** in front of my screen, and it's how I earn a living, so I can kinda sorta justify the expense.
** Speaking of which, I also need a new chair.
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That logged-in spammer just hit me again. I "hid" the two comments so you could look at them.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Friday, November 13 2015 12:53 AM (+rSRq)
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Yeah, forgot I increased the session timeout back to what it used to be, and while he can't log in now, Minx doesn't revalidate existing sessions. Which I need to fix; it's a potential security issue.
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