Ask HN: Which Mac do Apple employees use?

by offsky on 10/31/2016, 3:43 PM with 4 comments

There has been a lot of talk recently about Apple abandoning the desktop market, or at least the professional desktop market. Im wondering if someone can comment about which machines are used by Apple employees to do their job at Apple.

Are Apple's own programmers using 3 year old Mac Pros?

  • by jathu on 10/31/2016, 5:14 PM

    "Most people had a plain 27" iMac. Fusion drives were not even allowed." - Max Howell

    https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/792050644093902848

  • by wskinner on 11/1/2016, 1:21 PM

    When I worked there until mid 2015, I had a top-spec retina MBP mated to a pair of thunderbolt monitors. It was definitely possible to get a Mac Pro if you wanted one, but you needed to express some kind of need.

  • by Shalle135 on 10/31/2016, 4:12 PM

    I weren't a programmer - but I used an Late 2011' iMac 21.5" up until I quit last year. So no they don't get a new computer every year unless your someone who's using it for marketing.

  • by on 10/31/2016, 3:55 PM

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  • by IsabeWint345 on 11/1/2016, 4:48 AM

    I can used late 2013 i"mac 22.5".So no they don't get a new computer every year unless your someone who's using it for marketing.