Comment by carom

3 years ago

Google designs for Google. In their world everyone uses a latest gen MacBook with maxed out RAM on gigabit fiber.

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free652  3 years ago

The default is glinux, most of the company are using chromebooks.

  • rockemsockem  3 years ago

    First half yes, second half no. Everyone quickly finds out that chromebooks cant hack it spec-wise, even for simple chrome remote desktop.

    • n0zmer  3 years ago

      As 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).

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    • cowmoo728  3 years ago

      The 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

  • NERD_ALERT  3 years ago

    Most engineers have work desktops which run GLinux and they also have macbooks.

    • free652  3 years ago

      I 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  3 years ago

Google 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.