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Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by coin on Saturday November 28, 2020 @05:46PM (#25241209)
Every tech company that I’ve worked for in the last 10 years issues laptops to their SW engineers
Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by waheoo on Saturday November 28, 2020 @07:50PM (#25241950)
I bet you'll find a lot of Devs hate it.

I had a seriously nice mac mini taken off me once, got given a "new Mac Pro". Was huge downgrade, was not happy.

Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by war1025 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @10:02PM (#25242624)
I have a ~10 year old desktop and a ~5 year old laptop (I think we're due for another upgrade cycle here soon).

We got docking stations for the laptops but I just couldn't get used to it, and my desktop was just sitting there still functioning happy as could be.

So I still use my desktop for actual work and my laptop is basically a very over-powered video conferencing machine.

Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by throwaway45349 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @09:18PM (#25242434)
Don't most companies also provide workstations at desks for engineers? I know many who only use their laptop for meetings (until WFH) and it always seemed like a huge waste.
Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by in3d on Saturday November 28, 2020 @09:22PM (#25242450)
Right. I bet many of them also love open-floor plans despite research showing that they reduce the number of meaningful interactions by 70%.