Normally I like to work with two computers, a desktop with maxed-out CPU and RAM for intensive work and a laptop for situations requiring portability. This is what I set myself up with during the year I was "consulting" fulltime (and was able to write it all off). Most companies choke at the idea of buying any employee two computers, so when I joined the little startup I'm currently with I opted for the laptop, because I've kept my home desktop updated with new HW upgrades but not replaced my now five year old laptop and reasoned that I could use remote access to offload anything really computer-intensive to my home system. At first I thought I was trading computing power for portability, but since then I've discovered that a number of the engineers have desktop systems that don't measure up to what I was able to get on this laptop. So computer-wise, I'm a happy camper here.
Gene Kim-Eng ----- Original Message ----- > That makes me wonder, how many of you have less-than-adequate > equipment for your jobs? I have everything I need here, but on my > first tech writing job, I continually had to wait for the computer to > catch up with what I'd typed or clicked. > > What kind of process do you have to go through to get what you need? > Any other creative workarounds? ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DITA West 2007--Use a discount code of "TECHCOMMPROS" to get a discount rate of $200 off the $900 registration price. http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/dita2007.shtml _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
