A lot of companies are doing this, including my current company and one of the ones I worked for recently.
I'm currently using a company-provided Dell Lattitude D600. The standard-issue version has only a half GB of RAM. While it "works" I would also recommend at least a GB, especially if you plan to run multiple apps at the same time. I also recommend that you ask for a wireless card, particularly if your company has a WLAN. It also helps when you are offsite and have access to WLAN and also can access the company LAN via VPN. If you can afford a large screen laptop like the Dell D800, the extra real estate makes it a lot easier to work when you are using the laptop standalone. There are two drawbacks, however: The batteries do not last as long and they take up more room on a tray table while flying. No room for a mouse. They are also a bit heavier. If you have large monitors on your desks now and if you can keep them, ask IT to order a docking station for your laptop. The docking station makes it very easy to work at your desk and use the large monitor and a standard kayboard and mouse, and still take the laptop to Starbuc... um, I mean to meetings or home. :-) HTH Diane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of John Posada Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:53 AM To: Loren R. Elks; framers at frameusers.com; dita-users at yahoogroups.com; framers at omsys.com; framemaker-dita at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Recommended Laptop Hardware Requirements help please Hi, Loren...we use Dells. No complaints. I'm writing on a Latitude right now. Just get any laptop from their Small Business category. You'll want at least a GB of ram and 80GB or more of HD. The configurations they sell handle everything on your list. --- "Loren R. Elks" <lelks at exstream.com> wrote: > Hi: > > My department is considering replacing our Windows desktop PCs with > laptops. Our IT department buys all of our hardware from Dell. > This is something we can't change. John Posada Senior Technical Writer
