[For those too lazy to read all the way I know this is in General, its where I want it to be]
Ok, had a quick look but couldn't find anything recent for this specific question, I am a LtdCo with two directors, don't use an accountant as director two does the finances so its not as if he is on there for no reason.
Year 1 I buy myself a new laptop through the company, in my eyes perfectly legit expenses, I am using it on clients site ✔
Year 2 We buy Director 2 a new laptop, again uses it only for the company books and has software on to prove it ✔
Year 3 I want to buy myself a new desktop for use in the home office, when I am working from home just having the laptop is a bit of a pain, if I start thinking second monitor, docking station etc etc I might as well buy a new system. Now my head says thats fine, but I have a single doubt that three computers for two employees is a bit opulent. ?
I am not asking for the forums opinion on if I am allowed to buy it (hence being in General rather than Accounting), I am buying it no matter what, just wanted a view on what other peoples set up is as ideally as well as the new desktop I want to get a server to replace the NAS box I have under my desk for a bit more resilience with backups, start hosting my own mail server and website rather than paying out for hosting so will make the most of the capital purchases in one hit
Ideally I want something like this....
1) iMac Desktop for the office
2) MacBook Pro for me to use on site with clients
3) Wintel Laptop for Director 2 to use away from office
3) Wintel Server powerful enough to run ESXi for at least two VM's, one for TimeMachine backups and a 2K8 Domain
I want to keep the server Windows based as thats what I know and am comfortable with, also handy for me to keep my AD type skills upto date, although the TM VM will be a Linux Distro following this
So in summary, two questions, what's your LtdCo's IT setup, and where should I look for a good rack mounted server, is it still Dell or HP?
Ok, had a quick look but couldn't find anything recent for this specific question, I am a LtdCo with two directors, don't use an accountant as director two does the finances so its not as if he is on there for no reason.
Year 1 I buy myself a new laptop through the company, in my eyes perfectly legit expenses, I am using it on clients site ✔
Year 2 We buy Director 2 a new laptop, again uses it only for the company books and has software on to prove it ✔
Year 3 I want to buy myself a new desktop for use in the home office, when I am working from home just having the laptop is a bit of a pain, if I start thinking second monitor, docking station etc etc I might as well buy a new system. Now my head says thats fine, but I have a single doubt that three computers for two employees is a bit opulent. ?
I am not asking for the forums opinion on if I am allowed to buy it (hence being in General rather than Accounting), I am buying it no matter what, just wanted a view on what other peoples set up is as ideally as well as the new desktop I want to get a server to replace the NAS box I have under my desk for a bit more resilience with backups, start hosting my own mail server and website rather than paying out for hosting so will make the most of the capital purchases in one hit
Ideally I want something like this....
1) iMac Desktop for the office
2) MacBook Pro for me to use on site with clients
3) Wintel Laptop for Director 2 to use away from office
3) Wintel Server powerful enough to run ESXi for at least two VM's, one for TimeMachine backups and a 2K8 Domain
I want to keep the server Windows based as thats what I know and am comfortable with, also handy for me to keep my AD type skills upto date, although the TM VM will be a Linux Distro following this
So in summary, two questions, what's your LtdCo's IT setup, and where should I look for a good rack mounted server, is it still Dell or HP?
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