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by joshstrange 3318 days ago
> Have a fun laptop, a work laptop, and maybe banking tablet?

I would both prefer and hate this setup. I use my personal laptop for work and having all my apps, data, settings, etc available in one place is amazing. I could get past using different computers but the sad reality is my provided work computer is underpowered compared to my 3.5 year old macbook. I can run circles around my coworker's machines on the simple fact I have an SSD. IDEA opens in seconds for me while they go get a cup of coffee. Our desktops haven't been updated in probably 4+ years and I strongly believe they'd be more productive on macOS than on whatever flavor of linux they are using (Most use Linux because they'd rather die than use Windows and they can eek a little more performance out). A number of them have older macbooks they use for meetings but they aren't powerful enough to actually develop on.