Playing the devils advocate, there's a slightly more nuanced aspect to the "Apple tax" issue though, than just the one-time purchase. According to Joe [http://goo.gl/SN0lD], RAM is 3x as expensive than retail. And getting an SSD is also about twice as expensive as retail (on top of that, OSX doesn't even support TRIM [http://goo.gl/asm9g]). So taken into long-term context, it's hardly a slight issue for any company with more than a few dozen developers craving new Mac hardware every time Steve rolls up his sleeves.... ehh turtleneck.
On Nov 8, 3:18 pm, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > And really, the only thing companies should be worried about when > > getting hardware for there developers is: what's the hardware these > > developers want? Getting slightly lower prized hardware, causing your > > best developers to walk away is just irrational. I am just saying: for > > software development companies, there *is* a business reason: allowing > > your people with the tools they like will buy you a kind of commitment > > that is priceless. > > +1 > > Yes, I'm often surprised at how nit-picky some companies get about the cost > of computers. Especially when you calculate: > > a) The cost difference of equipment as measured in man-days when compared to > a developer's salary. > > b) The number of man days lost to the obligatory Windows anti-virus > (especially expensive for activities that touch a lot of files - like > compiling source code) and to idiosyncrasies of the Windows' command line; > it can't take that long to recoup the extra cost of a Mac just by being able > to use cmd+c / cmd+v. > > -- > Kevin Wright > > mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] > pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright > twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
