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Who takes their Laptop Dev Machine Home?

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  • M MarcusCole6833

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    TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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    Me. And also on vacations. :D

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      It always lives at home - or on special vacations where I might need to work (I don't ask for Paid Time Off if it comes along with me - it means I'm still working). More likely, however, if I carry any laptop anywhere, it's my "dirty" machine which never connects to anything of the least importance.

      Ravings en masse^

      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

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      • R Ron Anders

        What Chris said.

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        What Ron said. :-D

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        • M MarcusCole6833

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          Rick York
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          I don't. I wrote a little backup utility I use extensively and everything of any importance lives on a 32GB flashdrive that I keep with me. USB v3 of course. I found a deal at newegg and got three of them for four bucks each. I have everything I wrote at my previous three employers on there too and that's rather handy since it covers over twenty years of work. Surprisingly, much of it is still relevant for me since I still use MFC to write desktop apps but that will change when we choose a suitable successor and clear up enough time for the rewrite(s). BTW - these aren't really desktop apps. They are actually automation systems that control machines and/or talk to other stuff.

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          • S Slacker007

            What Ron said. :-D

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            Jorgen Andersson
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            What James said

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            • M MarcusCole6833

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              Sander Rossel
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              I take my home laptop to work!

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              • M MarcusCole6833

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                kmoorevs
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                I'm self-employed working from home so yeah, I take my laptop dev machine home. In fact my 4 y/o laptop travels when I travel, usually one day a week. I actually despise working on the smaller keyboard/single screen and gave up long ago on the crappy trackpad with invisible buttons. X| It'll work in a pinch but is no substitute for a real workstation with all the goodies.

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                  dandy72
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                  I work from home, so...yes?

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                    Mycroft Holmes
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                    Work, what be this work thing, I'm enjoying retirement.

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                    • M MarcusCole6833

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                      Gary R Wheeler
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                      My work machine is a desktop, so no. My home machine is a laptop that I use to remote desktop to the work machine, so does that count?

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      • C Chris Maunder

                        Me. It rarely leaves my side.

                        cheers Chris Maunder

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                        I thought you'd switched to the implant years ago.

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                        • M MarcusCole6833

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                          Jacquers
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                          We all take ours home, they don't like us leaving our lappies at the office, due to break-ins etc. And some of us are on stand-by for support, so we need them with us anyway. And if something were to happen that we couldn't go into work (due to transport, etc.) we havee our dev machine with us.

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                            What James said

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                            kristiancua
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                            what Jörgen said

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                              PeterA
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                              My constant companion.. ;P

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                                Mario Luis
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                                Nope but it stays plugged in and available at office, use my home machine to remote if anything needs doing ( nicer setup than having to fire the laptop up at a table or something )

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                                  CHill60
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                                  Always. Doesn't mean I'm going to work from home (although I often do, for my own convenience). It stops it from being stolen if the office has been broken in to (happened to some of my colleagues … but not me). I can continue to work if the office is unexpectedly unavailable - this has happened to me twice - once for severe weather and once for an evacuation due to a suspected terrorist device. I can attend on-line meetings with my colleagues in foreign climes without having to stay in the office late or get in really early (I'm in the UK but I have colleagues in India and Hong Kong - our meetings tend to be quite short!) Oh - and it's company policy (kept the least important until last :laugh: )

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                                    User 10760187
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                                    I don't own a laptop.

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                                      Dan Neely
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                                      I very rarely use it from home, but do take it with me every night so I don't have to choose between taking a day off and coming into the office despite having a minor illness (mild cold, diarrhea, etc) or something else that requires me to be home.

                                      Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                                        Hooga Booga
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                                        Not I. When necessary I remote it. Kinda defeats the purpose of a portable computer ...

                                        Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx

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                                        • K kristiancua

                                          what Jörgen said

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                                          Steven1218
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                                          What kristiancua said.

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