Re: Portable work environments (was: Somethingthat workedright)

[Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxx]

David Gibbs <pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 15/03/2007 14:48:42:

> 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.
Yup, the labes says "Shipdate 25/04/2001"

> > 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. :)
PLI contracted me from a software company, who contracted me from my 
employer...
Just to show that I have zero say in the contracts ;-)

> > 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
Can you say "personal IT budget" and "two kids in school" and 
"stay-at-home mom" in one sentence?
I can't without crying...

Peter