Re: Portable work environments (was: Something that workedright)

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> One big show-stopper would of course be that the host PC can't boot from 
> USB.

True, but that would have to be a fairly old PC.  Most modern PC's that
I've seen have that ability.

> This is the case here at work, the PC they've given me is 6 years old next 
> month! Of course, I'm "only a contractor", so why waste a new pc on me...

Your a CONTRACTor ... put hardware specifications in the CONTRACT. :)

> And before anyone says that I should bring my own laptop to work, that's 
> a) not allowed by company policy here, 

If the laptop isn't allowed, then using a bootable USB drive probably
isn't allowed either.  Heck, I've heard of situations where portable
hard drives weren't allowed either.

> and b) my wife would have to go 
> upstairs to read her mail ;-)

Get your wife her own laptop.  Or, even better, do what I did ... get
yourself a new laptop and give your wife your old laptop.

(my wife poo-pooed the idea of a laptop for the longest time ... until I
gave her my old one [not all that old, really] and now she loves it)

david