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Hi,
My entire career I have used Desktop PC's now for some reason they want us to all have laptops because the third party firm who does our IT is dropping support for desk tops! I have used laptops when I have been on site and or working remotely and found them odd & hard to use. I prefer a desktop machine it makes life easier for what I do (mostly working on kit that plugs in), lappy's are not as reliable and I think the make we will be blessed with suffers from a well known issue with the USB bus. When this third party IT firm took over support they asked us what we wanted I got a desktop (so did pretty much everyone else, I think this laptop thing was to make life easier for one the software bosses, who now works remotely so we all have to have one... Why does this company make life so bloomin' awkward.
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glennPattonWork wrote: why are they taking my Work Desktop
Because its portable
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Why, I mean I work on kit that you need a fork lift to move the very definition of not mobile. It's strange I mean why???
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because you become portable too
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Shhhh...or they'll turn everything into VDI, too.
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One the best, as we were being forced over to this networking company, the came around and had a fit to see we had 'hacker technology on our desks', I have taken some time to figure out what 'hacker technology' was it meant we had network switches, USB Ethernet ports and other useful stuff. 
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Our group has a policy - if you are a GS (gov employee), you get a laptop. If you get a laptop, they take your desktop away.
Problem - for the devs, this is especially bad because the laptops only have 4GB of RAM, while the desktops have 32gb RAM. 4GB RAM + Win10 + SSMS does not make for a pleasant experience.
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But it does bring your efficiency in line with other gov't workers.
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#realJSOP wrote: 4GB RAM + Win10 + SSMS
You can probably take SSMS out of that equation. Win10 with just 4GB is already bad enough on its own.
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Quote: if you are a GS (gov employee), you get a laptop. If you get a laptop, they take your desktop away.
I once worked at a company where a senior management ukase said there would be one workstation per employee. However, different systems were developed on different workstations, and some people worked on more than one system. One of these folks wrote a bulletin saying that it was also frivolous to have more one chair per employee. It contained a brief Q&A section that went something like
Q. What about chairs in conference rooms?
A. Each employee will be assigned a chair with wheels.
Senior management were deeply offended but the ukase was rescinded.
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that means the make it easier to work from home,
so when the laptop arrives and ready tell the boss you're off to do work in a better envonment.
anyway more serious, do you get to add/keep your external monitor?
how about external keyboard/mouse - gonna need those (wireless)
finally insist on nothing less than 8th gen CPU (10th gen only sightly better but 7th and below is like a barge against the wind on high seas) AND 1TB SSD AND 16GB RAM, otherwise it'll be a nightmare. And avoid AMD, yes a bit faster but a bit buggier too.
(If missing any of the above just open chrome + VS to show them it's a POS.)
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The kit I work on is to installed on motorways/main roads and be visible to the driver from distance in the dark. I am not taking one those things with me...so working from home is not really possible!
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Ask for a docking station, and multiple monitors (as the standard one is far, far too small for the detail work you do).
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Yup, I already have two 21 inch displays, I have already seperate keyboard & mouse as the keyboards of those laptops are interesting 'dead flesh' types...
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I love laptops -- haven't used a desktop in years. Both my work and home setup is with dual monitors, the laptop monitor used as a parking space for apps I want to keep open but infrequently used. Separate mouse and keyboard. I love the portability, the fact that it's quiet, and if the power goes out, ok, the monitors go dark but I don't lose anything.
Supposedly, if you work here more than a year you can take the laptop with you if you leave.  And yes, it's a small company, I can't imagine a large company doing something like that.
glennPattonWork wrote: Why does this company make life so bloomin' awkward
That's their job!
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The one time they gave me a laptop and took the desktop away, I insisted on a docking station, two 24" monitors, a real keyboard, and a real mouse.
I've got a desktop again, now. 
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Marc Clifton wrote: if the power goes out, ok, the monitors go dark but I don't lose anything.
Since the laptop has its own battery, get a UPS, and hook only the monitors to it. You could probably go for quite a while.
At home, my desktop has its own UPS, and I have a second one driving just the extra monitors and network gear...by splitting the load, I can keep going for at least at hour. Something really bad's gotta happen if this isn't enough for most situations.
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Of course, your router and cable modem dies so you have no network/internet - but who needs 'em?
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It depends on the laptop. Most of my users want them. Fortunately they've gotten to a point where they can actually replace desktops when it comes to processing power.
Just make sure you get a dock and two big monitors in the exchange. That way when you're in the office you still have a desktop.
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Did Chris act lawfully when he prorogued the soapbox?
Edit : was actually hoping for a discussion on bojo - but obvs my attempt at circumventing the no politics in lounge was missed
modified 25-Sep-19 8:42am.
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Pompey 3 wrote: prorogued
You shouldn't use such words here!
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Speech control is mind control. That's why I think we need the soapbox, even if I hardly ever felt the need to make use of it.
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His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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No one is infringing your freedom of speech. However, if you want to make a speech - rent a hall. This one has been rented by Chris.
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