A lot of tech companies let their engineers choose between something like an X1 Carbon or a Macbook.

Lots of tech workers, in my experience, actually choose a Macbook for work because they really want to use a slick, luxury device and can't justify the cost for personal use... particularly given how many of them actually use their work laptops for personal tasks in off hours.

I think HN underestimates how many SWE's actually don't do much programming or use their personal computers for much at all. Particularly those with families.

> I think HN underestimates how many SWE's actually don't do much programming or use their personal computers for much at all. Particularly those with families.

This. I haven't owned personal computer for 10 years now, always use laptop I get from work.

> This. I haven't owned personal computer for 10 years now, always use laptop I get from work.

While a lot of folks do this, it’s such a terrible practice from your perspective (the company essentially owns your personal data) and the company’s (way higher risk). It’s not something I’d do, let alone brag about as if it’s a good thing, if I were you.

I've worked at many tech companies and apple are by far the minority. And that's a biased sample size of really the largest market they have.

That is not a typical experience with a Macbook Pro. Have you considered that maybe there's something wrong with yours?

could it be that your corporate laptop is loaded with pile of monitoring, management and antivirus crapware? i have one, and it annoys the hell out of me.

It sounds like you need to get your laptop fixed?