2012/2/13 Jason Hall <ja...@lug-nut.com>: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Tod Hansmann <plug....@todandlorna.com> > wrote: >> Tell them no. There's no business case for spending 2-3x as much on the >> hardware to run most likely the same software (or very, very similar). >> None. Let me emphasize that: "no business case." If your devs prefer >> working on a Mac, ok, more power to them and their own budgets. If they >> can't be productive on another platform with the same tools, they are >> not developers, and are not worth your time (or the gobs of money >> they're costing). > > Now, I love to play with machines, and *can* be productive even on > cheap hardware. But I didn't spend years driving a beater car because > I liked it, it was because I wanted to save up for something I liked. > Then I moved up.
Agreed. Any PC that is 1/2 or 1/3 the price of a Mac, is going to be sub-par for developers, and will impact the productivity of the developer. Don't skimp on your developer's machines. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
