[coderdude]

Well, I'm tired of an employee coming up to me and saying "this thing is going so slow" and it's just Firefox and some other things open. The hardware can't keep up with today's software demands. Whether it's a memory constraint or otherwise. Apple today doesn't "just work". It's not like I'm asking my employees to render the next Toy Story. We're talking emails and opening pages in a browser.

I now do all my work on a beefy box running Ubuntu, as I did prior to my last year's stint in trying Apple hardware full time. I'm transitioning who I can onto similar setups and moving away from the laptop-as-the-main-computer setup. They just aren't good enough for it.

[scholia]

> I'm transitioning who I can onto similar setups and moving away from the laptop-as-the-main-computer setup. They just aren't good enough for it.

Beefy desktops also have much better ergonomics (unless laptops are used on a riser with an external keyboard etc).

This should mean fewer computer-induced injuries and fewer courses of expensive physiotherapy in the future.

I've needed two courses, after foolishly working full-time on laptops. As a result, I've gone back to desktops. The superior performance, lower prices, and the fact that they last much longer are extra benefits...

[Veen]

> he hardware can't keep up with today's software demands

Another way of putting this: modern software is so bloated and poorly designed that it wastes massive amounts of memory and processor resources.

[coderdude]

If you've ever used Firefox this isn't lost on you. However, it's a pitiful defense for a $1500+ computer.

[rocky1138]

As primarily a web developer this wasn't the case for me, but now that I'm essentially all in on VR the problem has become acute.

For the first time in a decade I went out and built a desktop.