[FFmpeg-devel] Hardware purchase request: AVX512-capable laptop

[Lynne]

Jan 6, 2024, 18:57 by remi at remlab.net:

> Le lauantaina 6. tammikuuta 2024, 18.13.33 EET Lynne a écrit :
>
>> A fire would put me out for much more than a week tbh.
>>
>
> What aboutism much? In this case, you would loose your internet access, and 
> potentially spend a long time hospitalised.
>
> You're dodging the real issues here: why should *you* get a laptop?
>

Because I need one, and we have resources?


> of the stuff that you do will with high probability become important in the 
> medium term (e.g. Vulkan video decoding stuff), but it does not seem so urgent 
> as to justify purchasing a second computer. The foundation already invested in 
> a well-above average price to equip you with a suitable desktop system for 
> your development. It would be far more sensible to spend on updated or 
> replacement parts for that system as needed, than to buy a whole new system 
> just in case.
>

I'm quite happy with my current system. I've also contributed internally by
providing a few developers with hardware for free from big companies myself.


> Furthermore, there are quite a few key developers and system adminstrators in 
> the project whose continued ability to work is at least equally critical.
>

Most of them already have laptops.