[klauserc]

Still fascinating how a computing device that used to cost upwards of 10k a couple of years ago is now not even considered a "workstation".

On a more serious note, I'm not sure that ECC RAM should be an important distinguishing factor. If your workstation actually produces an artifact that is used further down the line (a model, a binary or even just a number, a decision based on a simulation), then yes, definitely, it should run ECC RAM.

I feel like it's a different story for software engineers. What they use their "workstations" for is not what will eventually get shipped. That artifact is (hopefully) getting built on dedicated build machines (and those better have ECC RAM). ECC RAM won't have much impact on running IDEs and local compile-test-run cycles, right?