equipment

Developers' Bill Of Rights

We're fortunate in our company to each have 2 decent-sized monitors and reasonably fast machines. This alone is enough to impress many of my peers who are stuck working with poor equipment. But should things like this really be seen as a luxury? What about a quiet working environment? Should this be guaranteed? How about comfy chairs? W...

Need advice on new development system and OS

Hi, I am going to be starting a new job soon and the company has previously had hobbyist developers working on their applications and as such not had to worry about supplying equipment for the developers. Having spoken to them they seem to understand that I will need a reasonable system in order to ensure I am both as productive as pos...