In my opinion, after being participant in 6 startups in my career I see the lack of good computers as a bad sign of the company. Right now, I'm doing a good product with a 2009 Mac. I can code, I can design, but the timings go up as well the frustration when the machine runs slow in some processes or it hangout itself. To resume: it sucks balls.
I don't think companies need all employees under 6-core Mac Pros with 4K monitors, but having good computers also makes the job easier and pleasant.
The day I start my own company I will impose this rule for development/design team:
1. Fatest Macbook Pro Retina: mobility and power.
2. 16Gb mem or higher: so mem is the least of the problems.
3. Double monitor: work better from start, no need to watch 1 screen.
4. Mechanical keyboard: confort, speed and healty.
5. All machines under LAN, WiFi is slow imho.
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In my opinion, after being participant in 6 startups in my career I see the lack of good computers as a bad sign of the company. Right now, I'm doing a good product with a 2009 Mac. I can code, I can design, but the timings go up as well the frustration when the machine runs slow in some processes or it hangout itself. To resume: it sucks balls.
I don't think companies need all employees under 6-core Mac Pros with 4K monitors, but having good computers also makes the job easier and pleasant.
The day I start my own company I will impose this rule for development/design team:
1. Fatest Macbook Pro Retina: mobility and power. 2. 16Gb mem or higher: so mem is the least of the problems. 3. Double monitor: work better from start, no need to watch 1 screen. 4. Mechanical keyboard: confort, speed and healty. 5. All machines under LAN, WiFi is slow imho.