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How long does it take to build Chromium with a machine like that?

I was building Chromecast most often, not Chromium itself. So can't really recall. For Chromecast, from clean, it was around 10 minutes.

That sounded pretty reasonable until I realized you were talking about that beast of a workstation that can easily be between $25,000-80,000.

Pfft.... 10 minutes to compile, no sweat, not even enough time to brew and drink a tea/coffee.

Not 5 years ago when it was first provisioned for me.

On the bottom row to the left of the price when viewed with desktop resolution: Condition: Refurbished

That's $8,000 for a refurbished computer with a processor that was launched in 2013.