Huh, I am surprised about this. My current guess is that anyone in a job that makes more than $80k a year (or produces >$80k of value) should spend at least $1-2k on their laptop (my general recommendation is to just get the maxxed out latest Macbook, maybe skipping the graphics card if they aren’t planning to do anything graphics related). And then with two external monitors it seems very reasonable to go up to ~$4k.
People use their laptop for 8+ hours a day. It seems very likely that it’s worth spending a lot of money making that be better.
I agree about the laptop price, but I think external monitors should only cost about $200 each, from a quick Google search. Seems like it should have been <$3K total.
This is an incredibly minor point, but I normally recommend monitors in the $300 to $500 range. And for some cases $1k to $2k is fine. (For bright displays, extra high resolution, any sort of media work, or widescreen.) I find the $200 ones to be pretty low-brightness / low-resolution / small.
Huh, I am surprised about this. My current guess is that anyone in a job that makes more than $80k a year (or produces >$80k of value) should spend at least $1-2k on their laptop (my general recommendation is to just get the maxxed out latest Macbook, maybe skipping the graphics card if they aren’t planning to do anything graphics related). And then with two external monitors it seems very reasonable to go up to ~$4k.
People use their laptop for 8+ hours a day. It seems very likely that it’s worth spending a lot of money making that be better.
I agree about the laptop price, but I think external monitors should only cost about $200 each, from a quick Google search. Seems like it should have been <$3K total.
This is an incredibly minor point, but I normally recommend monitors in the $300 to $500 range. And for some cases $1k to $2k is fine. (For bright displays, extra high resolution, any sort of media work, or widescreen.) I find the $200 ones to be pretty low-brightness / low-resolution / small.