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Subject:RE: Hardware Requirements for a New Job From:"Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:12:59 -0400
My manager got me two monitors last Spring...it is the greatest thing
EVER! I too feel very spoiled with the second monitor and when I am
home I am always looking for the other monitor. I am asking Santa for
it. :) Two monitors work great for cutting and pasting and updating
documents! I have also cut my need for printing WAY down!
From: "Sam Beard" <sam -dot- beard -at- ctes -dot- com>
To: "Laura Lemay" <lemay-lists1 -at- lauralemay -dot- com>
CC: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Hardware Requirements for a New Job
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:52:23 -0700
>Hey Laura,
>
> At this job, when I started, I was walking through a bit
before being
>shown where my office was at, and I saw this office with a huge
desk, a
>laptop with a docking station, speakers, and two large LCD
monitors. I
>thought, "Wow, what a nice set-up! I bet I won't have ANYTHING as
nice
>as that!" A few minutes later, someone showed me my new office and
I had
>already seen it! I have the one I thought I'd never have! MAN,
working
>with these two big monitors is REALLY spoiling me, too! Now I want
>another monitor for my home computer, as well! ;-P
>
>Sam Beard
>Technical Communications - Special Projects
>CTES - LP
>936 521-2241
>
>
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>[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sam -dot- beard=ctes -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
>Behalf Of Laura Lemay
>Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 3:27 PM
>To: TECHWR-L
>Subject: Re: Hardware Requirements for a New Job
>
>
> >> However, if your management knows that you aren't a developer
and yet
> >> you ask for a development machine, your request for what you
REALLY
> >> need may hit a credibility snag.
>
>The only time I ever hit a "credibiity snag" when asking for well-
>outfitted equipment it was quickly overcome with the magic
words: I
>need to run Adobe Creative Suite.
>
>The only thing I would add to this conversation would be to get a
>laptop rather than a desktop. Laptops are insanely useful for
>bringing to meetings, taking notes, demonstrating what you're
working
>on at someone else's desk, etc. Ideally you'd get a laptop with a
>dock and a big screen, mouse and keyboard so you can "plug in" at
>your desk but still be mobile when you need to be.
>
>At my last job everyone, top to bottom, got high end laptops with
>wireless and big LCDs. And they were there and working with all
the
>software you needed installed the day you arrived. it was like...
>heaven.
>
>Laura
>
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