Today I saw the Mac Pro 2013 tear-down at various websites. I find myself developing my applications on a 2008 and 2011 computers. To be specific:
1 - The iMac
* Intel Core 2 Duo ("Penryn") - 2.8 Ghz, 64 bit
* 4 GB RAM
* Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256
* 24 inch screen
* SSD 60GB
2 - The Macbook Air
It is a 2011 model, which has slower CPU (1.8 Ghz) but same specs as the iMac above.
and 3rd I have a FreeBSD 9.1 VPS which has configured ruby + vim + my plugins which I can use from my latest toy, a Samsung 11 inch Chromebook.
I don't play games, I do the occasional family video with iMovie, browse the web use office suites, LATEX and mostly write code in Ruby. I don't feel the need like to upgrade, at all.
I wonder what other amateurs and professional programmer's desktops are like, please share your specs :-)
At home I have a Intel Core i5 processor 2.8Ghz, windows 7 pro, with 4GB Ram. I do mostly php web dev or I RDP to my work computer if I need my day job setup for off hours working from home.
Right now I'm on a laptop doing some php dev and its a Core i5 with 4GB ram.
Nothing fancy, and these days not really top of the line since all the machines I use are at least 2 years old now. The oldest is this laptop which I think is about 4 years old... so not too bad, just not shiny anymore. But then again, hardware gains have been outpacing software demand for most users over the last few years and with more things moving to the web I think we'll see refresh cycles get longer and longer.