Laptop for my LTD

[BigRed]

https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en...s/surface-book will be the only option once it is available

[NibblyPig]

XPS 13 refresh is out, it is very close to the surface book minus the discrete GPU, it also weighs 2.9lbs compared to the book's 3.5lbs.

If the discrete GPU is pants, I'll get an XPS, otherwise I'll get a surface book

[MicrosoftBob]

Depends how it really squares up to the likes of Alienware for gaming on the move

It looks promising though

[Pondlife]

Its really up to YourCo how it chooses to classify things as either expenses or assets so I would go with your accountant's advice on this. I used to classify all hardware as assets, including phones and such but now I tend to classify hardware below £1k as an expense and anything above as an asset. So the company phone, iPad and Apple Watch are expenses but my laptop is an asset.

It makes little different to the tax treatment overall as you offset the cost in your first year under the annual investment allowance. The accountings a bit more involved for assets as you have to account for depreciation (and add it back when calculating your CT bill) and handling the sale/write-off of the asset is a bit more involved compared to just an expense.

Seriously?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Seriously?

As an iOS developer that needs test devices for each platform, yes.

[NibblyPig]

Oh the only reason for surface book or xps 13 compared to alienware etc. is the weight.

You can get a beefy 13" laptop that plays all the latest games from loads of vendors but it will weigh a metric beepton.

Annoying that MS won't tell you exactly what GPU or CPU you'll get because it makes it hard to choose what to go for.

[Pondlife]

As an iOS developer that needs test devices for each platform, yes.

Fair enough then. As you were.