[pruetj]

> purchase laptops with decent hardware specs

> It costs nothing

Seems like it does cost something?

[automatic6131]

Quite, the typical 5 year depreciation on personal computing means a top-of-the-line $5k laptop works out to a ~$80/month spend... but it's on something you'd already spend for an employee

[datadrivenangel]

$2k / 5 years is ~$30/mo, and you'll get a better experience spending another $25/mo on one of the AI services (or with enough people a small pile of H100s)