How to keep work macbook?

I got laid off in November so I bought a m1 mac air as I didn’t have a personal laptop. Now I got a job and I don’t see myself using this laptop at all. I feel like I should have bought an ipad as I lt can be used for writing too. Suggest me if I should sell it or keep it or anything else I can do with it Thanks!

I have been a Windows user with a pinchful of Linux Mint here and there for all of my life. I have got 15" Macbook Air M2 from my company. Ive installed basic software and now need to set it up properly. What should I do? What apps should I download? What settings and configurations should I change?

Sometimes our company exaggerates basic perks, Are any such good perks applicable in your current company? Razorpay: MacBook For Evryone Meesho: Work from Anywhere Also, Pet sick leave etc

First round happened in March. 130-140 engg. Around 40 engg were fired. Then some silent layoffs happened in different teams like hr. Then Few good enggs left the company. This week another round happened with around 20-25 enggs

If I'm being given a Macbook Air from my startup organization, and I installed a chrome browser in it. I use a chrome profile created by my work email for work purposes. In the same chrome browser, I've logged in with personal gmail as well, and other email accounts as well. How do I know if any of my searches in my personal chrome profile is being monitored or can be tracked by my HR or startup? How to maintain privacy here? Is there a way to be sure about it - I understand a lot of people use work and personal email in the work laptop itself.

Hi All, Looking to buy a laptop to dive deep into full stack development - java, spring, queue, cache, db etc, along with light react js. Will set up distributed components in local and/ or free tier AWS as well. Also, consume Netflix content over weekends. Considering laptops with 16gb ram, 512 SSD - 1. Mac mini 1.3 lacs or 2. Dell/HP/MSI with Linux- 1 -1.2 lac or 3. Mac Book Pro M2 - 2 lacs/2.5 lacs With office mac Book Pro, the experience has been super smooth, but I am looking to get the most value on investment , and do not want to compromise on dev productivity. Any suggestions folks? Those who have done similar work and have had a smooth experience, please share your experience. Thanks.

A Junior SWE here I want to buy a personal work laptop and can afford a laptop upto 1.5L Given that I would be working on personal projects on this laptip, should I go ahead only with MacBook? Or any other? Please suggest Also I am getting MacBook Air M1 13inch with 8 gb ram for 70k, since Ram is expandable upto 70k, should I go ahead with it?

What all hardware have you received from your company? Please mention 1. How you work: remote, hybrid or in office. 2. Make and model of the hardware 3. Your review of the hardware I know that some companies are really good at sourcing excellent hardware while others cut corners in this space.