MyE28.com

cek wrote:Work (Seattle office):

This is powered by my Dell Precision 5510. Amazon's too cheap to pay for nice laptops, so I bought it myself.

Now that surprises me given the business it is. I kind of had the opposite at the County, they bought good stuff but emasculated them so much they ran like turds. Plus they really didn't like it if anything besides the Office suite was run on them. Even though they were super security conscious and we ran the prox reader system that they revered and we administered it. They didn't see the disconnect.

Mike W. wrote:

cek wrote:Work (Seattle office):

This is powered by my Dell Precision 5510. Amazon's too cheap to pay for nice laptops, so I bought it myself.

Now that surprises me given the business it is. I kind of had the opposite at the County, they bought good stuff but emasculated them so much they ran like turds. Plus they really didn't like it if anything besides the Office suite was run on them. Even though they were super security conscious and we ran the prox reader system that they revered and we administered it. They didn't see the disconnect.

The standard issue laptop isn't BAD, it's just not great. I demand great. Life is too short to work on slow, fat, bulky computers with tiny screens and shitty keyboards.

Mike W. wrote: I kind of had the opposite at the County, they bought good stuff but emasculated them so much they ran like turds.

It sounds like government I.T. guys are the same everywhere.

cek wrote: Life is too short to work on slow, fat, bulky computers with tiny screens and shitty keyboards.

You just described my work setup.

Large monitors are just indicators of compensating for something that is lacking otherwise. I run 43" + 32" and dual 15" laptops at my desk, with a 50" at my standup. I couldn't see shit before.

Took on a new position at werk, and got a shiny new desk to go with it. Much nicer than my old office.


Still rocking dual monitors, of course.