Which Laptop for Contracting?

[northernladuk]

Current thinking is a SurfacePro - is this man enough?

Depends..

[northernladuk]

If you can't look at the requirements for the type of work you do and work out what laptop you need you aren't really cut out to be an IT Contractor are you?

[northernladuk]

Have you asked your accountant?

[northernladuk]

I got a refurbed Dell Win11 netbook (12") from amazon, maxed the memory (32Gb) and NVme(1Tb),, and got preloved docking station (£15 Ebay).
<>£300 the lot.
works a treat. - or take a look at DELL outlet for refurbed.

You missed this bit?

I am unashamedly an Apple fanboy,

[BlueSharp]

Real contractors use desktops

[jamesbrown]

What does Suity use?

His PI insurance.

[fiisch]

If only we had a Technical section of the forum where this has been asked before...

Oh.. hang on a minute....

If only we had a Technical section that had more than one post per week.....

[fiisch]

If you can't look at the requirements for the type of work you do and work out what laptop you need you aren't really cut out to be an IT Contractor are you?

Requirement is for a separate laptop to run Citrix, so any new/refurbished laptop will satisfy the requirements.

However, as a discerning contractor that looks to over-deliver rather than just hit the minimum viable product, I thought it'd be a worthwhile exercise to engage other stakeholders for recommendations.

If you're just delivering the minimum, do you even contract?

[fiisch]

Thanks all - gives me some sites to research!

[milanbenes]

Lenovo

Milan.