Your IT Setup Must Haves

[Protec]

A flat fan heater under the desk and a desk fan for the summer

[mikeprice]

Kettle, tea, coffee, fridge, good mug, blinds on windows

 

get the basics right and start from there!!!

[Protec]

4 walls and a roof is nice. Don't some people have "open plan" offices?

[LeMarchand]

• At least 2 monitors, preferably 3 (mainly for symmetry).
  
• Keyboard with number pad. Use 3RVX in preference to media keys.
  
• Mouse with scroll wheel (pretty much any mouse) but also buttons on each side for forward/back (not many). Even better, a trackball as above. No R/L buttons; StrokesPlus installed. If a mouse, also a pad - nothing fancy, I just use a washable one that's less than 1mm thick
  
• Bluetooth (not a given on desktops)
  
• Bluetooth headphones (wires always tangle) - nothing fancy again
  
• "Riser" stand if using a laptop
  
• Decent machine, but doesn't have to be super-powered (though that's nice)
  
• WhatsApp Web and Your Phone installed/configured so that I can use a decent keyboard to type messages
  

 

Other than the software above to duplicate hardware functions, I have a bunch of "must have" software. That seems to be more for a different thread, though.

[Sonic007]

Atleast two big monitors, a coffee machine, and my test rig.

[flyinghaggis]

Personally I wouldn't be without :-

 

• A Decent Quality adjustable Desk and Chair
  
• A single large monitor (currently using a 34" Samsung Ultrawide 3440x1440). I prefer a large ultrawide to a dual monitor setup.
  
• A Logitech MX Master Mouse - Best mouse in the world IMO!
  

Edited March 1, 2021 by flyinghaggis

[clareq]

Two monitors at work. My home setup at the moment is a laptop balanced on a bin under my desk, with a monitor, keyboard and mouse, which is just about all I can fit on my desk. Software wise, Remote Desktop Manager is essential.

[Norphy]

Software wise, Remote Desktop Manager is essential.

 

RoyalTS is in a similar vein. It supports RDP, SSH, Telnet, Hyper-V, ESXi, VNC and Teamviewer. It's pretty danged useful.

[Simcfc73]

I'd say a capital budget... but I haven't had one for years now so plenty of celotape to keep the ageing equipment running.

 

Oh and PDQ

[flyinghaggis]

RoyalTS is in a similar vein. It supports RDP, SSH, Telnet, Hyper-V, ESXi, VNC and Teamviewer. It's pretty danged useful.

 

I didn't realise that was still in development. I have an older version which I used occassionally for RDP but the new one supports way more things. Will have to check that out!

Edited March 2, 2021 by flyinghaggis