I am one of the many that patiently waited the many years for Apple to (re)introduce a true Pro class macbook. I received my 16” Macbook Pro last week and I have been slowly grinding through the process of switching to a new machine. I use Windows machines as well, but I prefer to work on a MBP for heavy duty programming.
I noticed the speed improvement, but I was harboring at least a little buyers remorse/guilt over such a big purchase. This was over $3k - would it prove to be a good value?
Today (Monday 11/1) is the first day that I’ve brought the new machine to the office. My trusty 2017 MBP is connected remotely so I could pull config settings, etc as needed.
The reason I’m writing this blog entry is because of my experience with compiling qt5. Qt compiles often take hours. This obviously varies with a lot of things, but hardware has the biggest impact. I compiled 5.15 in minutes. I was shocked at how fast it completed. I actually assumed that something was wrong, so I did a make distclean and tried again. I didn’t actually time it, but it couldn’t have been more than 10-15 minutes.
My wife is usually the one supporting these type of purchases. These are the tools I need to do my job. I should be able to more responsibly support our customers by investing in the best tools.