Only reason I see is iOS / apple products dev and apps but vast majority of software engineers don't even need that.
Costs in laptops is peanuts, you make more money by having your developers happier.
Why are developers happy using apple products? Most people spend all day in vscode or similar ides that are cross platform
Because they don’t want to mess around with drivers and arcane commands when their job isn’t to be a Linux admin
Yea and Apple also wouldn’t be the most valuable company
How many trillions would be saved if we all drive Honda civics base model instead of Tesla’s, bmw’s, Audi, Mercedes, etc...?
True, we also should all live in tents instead of mansions. Humanity is a virus
The hardware cost is minuscule compared to the cost of the dev themselves. When the laptops go to cheap linux then its time to find a new job because that employer is going under.
Tell that to Microsoft that didn't even give out laptops pre covid 😂
Not worth it, you lose more on productivity. Ain't no time to play with drivers on my work laptop
Agree no need to use apple laptop at all
It's 2020, and people are still trying to make everyday people use Linux. It's not gonna happen.
Use windows instead for work!
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We have plenty of people using linux laptops.
tbh I'm so much more likely to open my macbook and check emails or write a quick doc in the evening, just because it turns on so quickly and is so nice to use, doesn't lose an assload of battery with the lid closed like most windows laptops. I think they get the difference back in increased productivity because the build quality makes then 10x nicer to use.
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Lyft could save thousands per employee by issuing the base MBP. Who needs Core i9 and 32GB RAM when we have the cloud.
IntelliJ can make MBP HOT
i7 16gb is more than enough.