A programmer's time, for example, is worth a lot of money and it might be possible to justify purchasing the better CPU if it saves enough of that programmer's time over the course of the lifetime of that CPU. From the standpoint of say, an employer: people are expensive, equipment is cheap!
Having said that, I'm personally always buying a step or two behind the cutting edge because that's where I think the sweet spot is in terms of CPU pricing. From my standpoint: computers are expensive, I am cheap!
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A programmer's time, for example, is worth a lot of money and it might be possible to justify purchasing the better CPU if it saves enough of that programmer's time over the course of the lifetime of that CPU. From the standpoint of say, an employer: people are expensive, equipment is cheap! Having said that, I'm personally always buying a step or two behind the cutting edge because that's where I think the sweet spot is in terms of CPU pricing. From my standpoint: computers are expensive, I am cheap!