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Google designs for Google. In their world everyone uses a latest gen MacBook with maxed out RAM on gigabit fiber.
by carom 4y ago
Google designs for Google. In their world everyone uses a latest gen MacBook with maxed out RAM on gigabit fiber.
- free652 4y agoThe default is glinux, most of the company are using chromebooks.
- rockemsockem 4y agoFirst half yes, second half no. Everyone quickly finds out that chromebooks cant hack it spec-wise, even for simple chrome remote desktop.
- n0zmer 4y agoAs a software engineer at Google, I can say that all of my work is done on a Chromebook remoted into a gLinux desktop. Macbooks are not allowed unless you get explicit exceptions for specific business reasons (QA iOS apps, iOS dev work, etc).
- rockemsockem 4y agoDid that happen in 2022? I'm a Xoogler as of spring 2022 and when I left everyone on my team used a macbook, several of them new macbooks, and I know several people got exceptions to get more powerful macbooks during WFH.
- cowmoo728 4y agoThe latest chromebooks are actually really great*. Many of my team members who were on mac are switching back to ChromeOS for convenience. * Great if you have a remote linux workstation to do the heavy compilation and test runs
- pclmulqdq 4y agoThe "On gigabit fiber" part is true, though.
- NERD_ALERT 4y agoMost engineers have work desktops which run GLinux and they also have macbooks.
- free652 4y agoI said the company, not engineers. And macbooks are used as chromebooks, I haven't used anything outside of Chrome/term. the dev environment is glinux. osx/m1 is not supported without getting exceptions and not worth the trouble.
- kevinmchugh 4y agoGoogle has more end users on slow networks and old devices than almost anyone. Throttle your browser with the browser tools and see what loads quicker, google.com or a website of your choice. Once you've loaded google.com, do a search.
- melony 4y agoDoes it matter from the server point of view?