On: Why doesn't every company buy developers the best ...

[inthewoods]

A rather silly post - there are a lot of reasons why companies don't buy the best hardware - the comments on the thread do a great job of listing them.

[icebraining → inthewoods]

Isn't that the point of the question - to get those answers? It's a Stackexchange site, not a blog.

[inthewoods → icebraining]

Even then, it's still a silly post. The reasons for not buying the latest hardware are rather obvious.

[mistermann → inthewoods]

If the productivity gains outweigh the cost is it still obvious?

[inthewoods → mistermann]

The point is that productivity gains are only one obvious metric - businesses constantly battle capital spending vs. productivity.