On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:37 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > I hear some developers on various podcasts who have outfitted their cubicles > with dual or even triple 21 to 27" screens, this seems the ideal set up for > this kind of all day long pounding at the keyboard for intense work...15 > inch laptop for writing code? Torture.
Torture? Yes indeed. The modern day sweatshop, right here in the USA. The reason for requiring such small computers is efficient use of available workspace along with lower equipment expense. Dell would probably like to sell bigger laptops, but the company is not going to buy them. The larger the computer, that being the tool of the trade, the larger the workspace, or cubicle, needs to be. That would mean fewer workers per square foot of office space which would equal higher cost. The bean counters and efficiency experts rule. This is always spun as resulting in greater "worker productivity." What if the worker wants to gripe about things? They probably won't because there is always somebody else, perhaps even in India, who would be eager to take their job if they don't like it. A few months ago, Wired Magazine did a piece on these modern day digital sweatshops with smallish inexpensive computers and 60 plus hour-a-week jobs and how prevalent these are becoming. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
