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by indemnity 359 days ago
Our IT “standardized” the orderable laptop SKUs to the extent that the “developer” PC laptops are now gimped with worse specs than the equivalent base model MacBook Pros that can be ordered.

Any reasonable spec machine requires an “Equipment Council” to approve via an exceptional process (a.k.a not happening if your manager can’t be bothered).

It’s a joke.

They’ll pay developers $250k+ a year but can’t spend the peanuts to get them decent hardware.

So people twiddle their thumbs, rest and vest.