Work from Home Setup?

Title says it all - what is your work from home setup and how much have you invested in it?

Laptop -

Monitors -

Keyboard & Mouse -

Desk -

Chair -

Any other cool additions outside of what I outlined above?

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Company issued Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 8 and Apple monitors, keyboard, mouse etc (come @ me)

 
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My trusty laptop died so I pulled the cord and built a PC:

i5 - 10600k, gtx 3070, 32gb ram

Monitor - typical acer 75hz and a 240hz one (Initially bought for gaming but holy shit does it make reading long documents, scrolling, tabbing through excel SO much smoother and less strain on the eyes)

Keyboard - havic mechanical keyboard (cheap and quiet)

Desk - electric sit / stand desk (I have it stand mode for basically the entire work day. Back feels 10x better)

Chair - Herman miller. Most companies have a relationship with them and get massive corporate discounts. I got 50% off.

Probably ~3k all in which isn't bad considering it blows any fully loaded laptop out of the water for a comparable / slightly higher price point.

 

Most are given laptops but a lot of firms also (not sure if interchangeable usage here so check on that) offer / grant access through virtual machines. Essentially logging in to a secured workspace remotely with a username, login, token, and security key. This can be done with a personal PC / laptop / etc.

I will note that if you have a powerhouse PC it won't make much of a performance difference. Your "performance" limit of will be defined by the server you are logging into as opposed to the personal computing power of your build.

 

imac 2020 i9

some lg curved one as second

apple kb, logitech mx3

some desk

hm aeron 

the chair was the best investment of my life 

 

Electric standing desk

Aeron chair I bought used off craigslist

HP Spectre 360 laptop and docking station with 2 DisplayPort and 1HDMI

Logitech G915 keyboard and G305 mouse with a Razer extended mouse/keyboard pad

3 24” MSI Curved monitors

 

No specific plugs here (besides the Steelcase chair I've got - never thought I'd spend $1k on an office chair, but it's the best money I've ever spent)

But if you have a Microcenter in your town, I HIGHLY recommend hitting it up and finding someone in store to help. I was always baffled why these guys hadn't been put out of business by AMZN yet, but it was pretty clear once I actually started becoming a Microcenter patron for WFH peripherals and whatnot.

 

Desktop: i7-10700k, GTX 1070TI, 32GB RAM, 2tb M.2 SSD

Monitors: 2x HP Omen 27i (1440p 165hz IPS)

Keyboard: Fujitsu Realforce R2 PFU Limited Topre silent 45g keys

Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate w/ charging dock

Webcam / mic: Logitech c920; Blue Yeti Nano mic

Desk: large black IKEA desk

Chair: black leather IKEA chair

Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes.
 

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