# I need a work computer, give me some advice. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 11, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706 "2013-07-11T10:25:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/21 "2013-07-12T06:52:52Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > he works at a car dealership. probably a completely flat network, and it wouldn’t kill him to keep an external DVD drive on his desk. Just putting it out there. :shrug: As much of a Windows guy as I am, and pretty much the exact opposite of Apple…I love my MacBook Pro (Late 2009 I think) and would definitely use a MB Air if I had the cash. Maybe I’ll order it through work :snky: ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/22 "2013-07-12T07:15:49Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > For a work environment it is. Our wireless and wired networks are segregated. The only way (not entirely true) to join Mac laptops and desktops to our domain and the mac server is through our wired network. I also use CDs for Installing office since I haven’t really gotten the software deployment on the mac server working yet. > > If he’s using it in a corporate network, Ethernet may be the only way for him to access network shares, email…etc. Just throwing it out there as a _potential_ problem Just setup a VPN for wireless/remote users. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/23 "2013-07-12T08:43:04Z")
> [@TradersBASE](#): > > Just setup a VPN for wireless/remote users. That’s an option…it’s a little more work and annoyance, but it works. Wireless is also a bit spotty in some areas. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/24 "2013-08-21T06:01:57Z")
I ended up buying a HP Split X2 for 699 with a $50 Best Buy gift card and a year of Kaspersky for free. It works great so far and Windows 8 is getting easier to use but I really only use it for the web. Most of the time I just go right to the desktop function and work from there. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/25 "2013-08-21T06:10:29Z")
Hah…I love threads like this. “What should I buy?” 95% say “Macbook Air” A month later… “I bought an HP Split X2”. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/26 "2013-08-21T06:30:14Z")
the mac starts at 30% more… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/27 "2013-08-21T06:39:40Z")
yeah, well, you get what you pay for. I give it 18 months before he’s back on here asking about a replacement. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/28 "2013-08-21T06:43:15Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Hah…I love threads like this. > > “What should I buy?” > > 95% say “Macbook Air” > > A month later… > “I bought an HP Split X2”. Lol, it was an impulse purchase. I tried the Macbook and I couldn’t use it as well. I am not technically inclined AT ALL. > [@boardjnky4](#): > > yeah, well, you get what you pay for. I give it 18 months before he’s back on here asking about a replacement. I hope not but for about 600 I guess it won’t cost me much. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/29 "2013-08-21T07:07:14Z")
Technical not inclined we got my 80 year old grandmother a iMac and she is sending emails/etc :lol: ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706/30 "2013-08-21T07:39:35Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Hah…I love threads like this. > > “What should I buy?” > > 95% say “Macbook Air” > > A month later… > “I bought an HP Split X2”. . [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-a-work-computer-give-me-some-advice/231706.md?page=1)