That's a very nice idea, but it works only for 10% of the developers. Not all the developers are hardware geeks. I usually upgrade my own machines, but I have

That's a very nice idea, but it works only for 10% of the developers. Not all the developers are hardware geeks. I usually upgrade my own machines, but I have to answer awkward questions from my managers ("why the hell do you need an internal 3G modem? don't you have the USB stick?" to "can you really have two hard drives in a 15" laptop?"). Sometimes I just buy the hardware and ask for a refund later, it's easier to prove that it's useful.