I was thinking a 2018 as I'm not sure of the status of Inkscape on the ARM based ones. The base ARM model is a bit cheaper than the base Intel mode but the cost of memory/SSD upgrades to the ARM one seems to be huge and it can't be upgraded after the fact.
----- Original Message ----- | From: "Ted Gould" ted@gould.cx | To: tavmjong@free.fr | Cc: inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 6:30:47 PM | Subject: [Inkscape-board] Re: Developer hardware support | | | | | I think that sounds like a good idea. I don't think we need an | official policy on something if we're not going to do it regularly, | we can just handle it on a case-by-case basis. | | Noticed that you mentioned a 2018 one, but would it be better to have | an ARM based Mac Mini? Would be nice to have someone with that HW | testing the builds as well. I think they're also cheaper (not sure | about in Europe). | | Ted | | On Nov 30 2021, at 3:46 am, tavmjong@free.fr wrote: | | | | | Hi all, | | I would like to raise the topic of getting hardware into developer's | hands. I'm really not sure the best way to do this (or if we | should). My motivation is the frustration I'm having with not | knowing if I am breaking the our MacOSX code with the refactoring I | am doing... and when I do get reports of breakage, not being able to | fix it (it's currently broken now!). A little research shows that a | 2018 Mac Mini can be had for around $1000. Given our current | financial state, that would see like a reasonable investment. I | could imagine though, coming up with a policy of what kind of | support is given to who could be quite a challenge. | | Tav | _______________________________________________ | Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- | inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | To unsubscribe send an email to | inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org Sent from Mailspring | _______________________________________________ | Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- | inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | To unsubscribe send an email to | inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org |