[koheripbal]

I'd just like to comment as someone who's done sysadmin work - the nightmare security scenario for us definitely includes employees bringing their own unsecured hardware to the office and connecting it to the corporate network.

So many security issues with that - that it was never a reasonable request on your part.

Moreover, having also helped with support and procurement. BY FAR, the most efficient thing to do is get the exact same laptop model for everyone. Otherwise, the IT support team is constantly fighting with driver and support issues on different brands, models, bloatware-in-drivers - a new battle for each configuration.

One-size-fits-all laptops for the company makes 100% sense for a company.

[keeganpoppen]

man all those maverick companies that deign to allow developers to choose their laptops must be screwed, then... (xP)

as to non-engineering / technical staff, though i am general allowing people who care strongly about their setup (for good reasons, mind you), while having the vast majority of people (especially the ones ambivalent about setup who simply want the smoothest possible experience) on a constrained, non-fancy-whiz-bang-corporate-it-3000-or-whatever setup. i also freely acknowledge that there are extra costs to this mindset, and people are fee to assign their own values/prices/costs to these things as they see fit (all other things being equal).

[phyzome]

> So many security issues with that - that it was never a reasonable request on your part.

It's a reasonable request.