Re:Ask HN: Do you maintain two laptops for work and life?
by Someone1234 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @01:12PM
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One laptop, but I VPN -> Remote Desktop into a work PC and keep work stuff isolated there. This works fine for development/Microsoft Office/etc. It may not work for all industries though.
The biggest downside is that it assumes a data connection, but given the development I'm typically involved in that is largely unavoidable regardless.
I do try to keep the Remote Desktop host clean of work files on purpose, in case it is lost, I quit, the machine dies, or I want to use a different machine on a whim. As long as I have my physical 2F key and a Cisco Anyconnect client I can work from any machine.
The biggest downside is that it assumes a data connection, but given the development I'm typically involved in that is largely unavoidable regardless.
I do try to keep the Remote Desktop host clean of work files on purpose, in case it is lost, I quit, the machine dies, or I want to use a different machine on a whim. As long as I have my physical 2F key and a Cisco Anyconnect client I can work from any machine.