Buy a Faster CPU

Re:Buy a Faster CPU by fmajid on Sunday August 24, 2025 @06:07AM (#45002941)

iOS development is still mostly local which is why most of the iOS developers at my previous Big Tech employer got Mac Studios as compiler machines in addition to their MacBook Pros. This requires director approval but is a formality.

I read Google is now issuing Chromebooks instead of proper computers to non-engineers, which has got to be corrosive to productivity and morale.

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Re:Buy a Faster CPU by walterbell on Sunday August 24, 2025 @11:43AM (#45005097)

> Chromebooks ... to non-engineers

"AI" (Plus) Chromebooks?

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Re:Buy a Faster CPU by SoftTalker on Sunday August 24, 2025 @12:18PM (#45005426)

If you're not a developer and everything you need for your job runs in a browser, what's wrong with a Chromebook?

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Re:Buy a Faster CPU by tgma on Monday August 25, 2025 @01:49AM (#45010620)

And has the upside of not having to force an antivirus or Crowdstrike or similar corporate spyware.

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Re:Buy a Faster CPU by tgma on Sunday August 24, 2025 @04:11PM (#45007351)

Google issued Chromebooks are not crap with 2GB RAM and Celeron. There were even engineers who voluntarily preferred them. From a security standpoint they are superb.

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