That's actually one of our MacBook Pros I've got connected there :) but yes, the hardware power of a Linux or Windows based custom build is like half of the cost of that laptop.
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I just built a VM server with a NUC which I'm very pleased with, it was $1k, 32gb, 1tb ssd, 2tb hd, i9, but my main goal was that it should disappear into my desk