Because the sort of company that likes to give developers "standard" lowest-cost stock hardware + Windows are also the sort of company that regularly hands out memory upgrades, right?
Remember that many of these are also still stuck firmly on 32-bit Windows XP; so after the OS has reserved a lump, you'll barely get 3GB regardless of physical memory. Being able to finally use the extra 1GB you *already have* (assuming 4GB standard) is therefore the cheapest memory upgrade you'll ever get... It can be done for free, using Linux, OSX not required. On 8 November 2010 15:00, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com> 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 : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com > > 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 javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com 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 javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
