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A comment on Ask HN: If you don't permit telecommuting, why?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: If you don't permit telecommuting, why? by jedberg on Friday July 22, 2016 @01:17PM (#12144983)
Not a bad idea, but it means deploying a surface to everyone, and frankly most people want to use Macs, so I'd have to give two devices to everyone, one of which would only get used for whiteboarding, which doesn't happen that often.
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Re:Ask HN: If you don't permit telecommuting, why? by nitrogen on Friday July 22, 2016 @01:28PM (#12145095)
Tablets can be slightly cheaper than houses near the office.
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Re:Ask HN: If you don't permit telecommuting, why? by emeraldd on Friday July 22, 2016 @01:23PM (#12145047)
What about an equivalent IPad and app? Maybe something like (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/baiboard-collaborative-white...) (I haven't personally used it but ipad's would make more sense in the Apple world ...)

Looks like there are a few other options:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/groupboard-collaborative-whi...

https://syncpadapp.com/

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Re:Ask HN: If you don't permit telecommuting, why? by NobleSir on Friday July 22, 2016 @01:32PM (#12145133)
ah yeah, I actually use a macbook and surface pro 2 at the same time as pictured: (http://imgur.com/a/fqf3P) combined specs are actually similar to a new mb pro (combined 512 gb ssd, 16 gb ram, ~4.7 pounds), and cost is less, given that the sp2 was bought used so total ~ $1900.
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