best office/home office setup - the telecommuter

Drew Van Zandt drew.vanzandt at gmail.com
Fri Jul 24 15:17:50 EDT 2009


I find that a desktop is better than a laptop, for the home office bit at
least.  I don't have to wait for boot/shutdown, keep dragging power supplies
out, etc.

--DTVZ

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <
greg at freephile.com> wrote:

> Moving to a new employment position, I'm once again faced with
> purchasing some computer equipment.  I'm wondering what hardware,
> software and combination people like the best for working seamlessly
> in the office AND home office environment.  I'm not really a traveller
> - so I don't have to do the 'road warrior' thing.  However, I do want
> to be able to work in multiple locations.
>
> I was going to buy a notebook (Lenovo T500 ~ $1200) with docking
> station ($200) plus keyboard and monitor ($400), but I'm wondering
> what other people think.
>
> Does anyone just use a desktop, with screen plus sshfs?
>
> Does anyone just use an external USB drive + using synchronization
> software?
>
> Does anyone just use a service like Dropbox?
>
> Obviously without the notebook to move around, you have to maintain
> applications and even the OS on multiple hardware.  I think the
> notebook gives the best flexibility + power + least effort, but I'm
> just wondering what other people's experience is.
>
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