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SparklyBoba
SparklyBoba
29mo
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Plivo

Do you own a personal laptop, apart from office laptop?

Yes, a personal MacBook
Yes, a personal windows laptop worth ₹50k+
Yes, a basic personal laptop
No, work laptop is enough
716 votesexpired
29mo ago
SquishyNugget
SquishyNugget
Dunzo
29mo

Can't do much on Mac when you are bored tbh

SparklyBoba
SparklyBoba
Plivo
29mo

What are those things? Playing with OS? Installing different OSes? Customising hardware?

SquishyNugget
SquishyNugget
Dunzo
29mo

Video games, Deep Tech

FuzzySushi
FuzzySushi
Stealth
29mo

Desktop gang

SparklyBoba
SparklyBoba
Plivo
29mo

Primary use? Gaming?

FuzzySushi
FuzzySushi
Stealth
29mo

Work. Gaming ke liye liya tya but kuch khela hi nahi 🤡

SillyCupcake
SillyCupcake
Zepto
29mo

Own a pc worth 3 lakhs

SillyCupcake
SillyCupcake
Zepto
29mo

3080 12GB vram

CosmicQuokka
CosmicQuokka
Paralleldots
29mo

ex-desktop user converted to msi laptop + external monitor

SparklyBoba
SparklyBoba
Plivo
29mo

What is your common use-case for the personal laptop/desktop?

CosmicQuokka
CosmicQuokka
Paralleldots
29mo

Interview prep, Games, YouTube, My work laptop is hp not very powerful.

BouncyJellybean
BouncyJellybean
Thoughtworks
29mo

Where's the personal Linux laptop option OP?

SnoozyPotato
SnoozyPotato
Stealth
29mo

Where’s the Desktop option?

GroovyPretzel
GroovyPretzel
PhonePe
29mo

Yes, a gaming laptop running Linux worth 85k

BubblyQuokka
BubblyQuokka
NIIT
29mo

Where desktop option

SnoozyRaccoon
SnoozyRaccoon
Stealth
29mo

Apart from the obvious separation from work, if you have any personal work that involves file sharing, having a separate laptop becomes necessary.

I am into photography and while I can download images and use editing software in company laptop, sharing files to an external physical or online drive will get flagged by IT.

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