From greg at freephile.com  Fri Jul 24 15:11:01 2009
From: greg at freephile.com (Greg Rundlett (freephile))
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:11:01 -0400
Subject: [Bostonphptalk] best office/home office setup - the telecommuter
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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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From greg at freephile.com  Fri Jul 24 15:49:05 2009
From: greg at freephile.com (Greg Rundlett (freephile))
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:49:05 -0400
Subject: [Bostonphptalk] best office/home office setup - the telecommuter
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On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:26 PM, John Abreau<jabr at blu.org> wrote:
> I just bought a couple Thinkpads for a couple of our engineers,
> and one thing I ran into was a difference in supported screen
> resolutions. ?The T500 is 1680x1050, with no other options,
> whereas the W500 is available as either 1680x1050 or 1900x1200.
>
> My engineers explicitly asked for 1900x1200, so we went with
> W500's.

Thanks.  I was frustrated by that (lack of finer resolution) on my
prior T500.  I'd constantly be

> For your requirements, if you'll be using it both at home and at
> the office, I'd suggest getting two docking stations, one for
> each location. That will save you the trouble of fiddling with a
> bunch of cables when arriving at or departing from each location.

Agreed, it's much less hassle to use a docking station.  Another
option, if I have my home office already setup, is that I use synergy
to at least sit in my normal position and control the laptop.

On a related note, do you have people using multiple heads and the
W500?  I lost the capability to drive a notebook screen and external
monitor __as one large desktop__ on the "upgrade" to Ubuntu Ibex or
Jaunty


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