For one thing, most employers will refuse to issue a laptop with a real GPU to developers and other employees because they are afraid they will get used for games.
That’s clearly untrue. Employers source computers from a few selected vendors and generally issue computers with average specifications because they can buy them in bulk and they are good enough. You can get a laptop with a more powerful GPU at most place if you actually need one.
No one is scared of employees gaming. Employees can’t install applications themselves on their laptops at most place.
That seems like a stretch? Isn’t the more obvious explanation that laptops with a real GPU are much more expensive and that the weaker, integrated GPUs are more than good enough for the vast majority of business use?
Today’s iGPUs are fast enough comfortable run plenty of games.
I have work provided high-end POS Dell Precision engineering laptop. It has an Nvidia discrete GPU, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually needed its power, and I’d gladly trade it for a laptop without…
