What to Buy

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I just started working for a certain giant financial firm. I am training to be a financial advisor. I was considering buying a new powerbook or ibook to use as my main computer. I figured what could be the harm of using my own laptop for business, right? Why would they object, they wouldn't have to buy me one. Anyway, today I asked about using my own comptuer for work and I was told NO!!! Can you believe it!!! I can't even check my company email on a non-company computer!!! Almost makes me want to quit.

Well now its not necessary for me to have a laptop since they are going to give me a company DULL laptop.

So, what do you guys think I should buy? Now i'm considering either the middle of the line powerbook or top of the line (depends on cash) ibook or a 17inch imac or a new G4 tower once they come out. (all depending on amount i have to spend.

Thanks for the feedback.
 
Not using your own hardware is very common, _ESPECIALLY_ at financial firms. There are way to many possible liabities by letting folks use their own computers at work for theft of data, overall security, etc. (I can get into specifics, but really don't care to).

As to what to get, that all depends on what you want to use it for. Each one of the options you listed could be your best choice depending on what your current and future needs will be.

Brian
 
btoneill,

Would you happen to work for a certain financial institution based in Minneapolis?

btw,

I'm a Brian too.

-Brian
 
Very interesting!!!! very interesting indeed. Could it perhaps be the same? Does your financial company have a parent company headquartered in New York?

BTW, do you have an IM name on any of the services?
 
It's actually headquartered in Jersey City. Click on the profile button, has my yahoo and aol im handles.

Brian
 
It would make perfect sense for your company to force you to use their equipment. Of course, liability was already mentioned.

However, it also makes sense from an IT point of view. The fact is, if there is a problem with your computer, you'll call IT to help you retrieve data, or whatever else you need to be done (get you hooked to the network, etc). Rather than worry about the headache of having to worry about different computers (and different platforms), they can just get one Windos system, using the same drivers, etc, and tech support that.

Believe me, IT life is hard enough already without having to deal with different computers every time.
 
I find it hilarious that "business" men can handle millions of dollars (some of them anyway) of retirement accounts, investments, etc., and know every little detail about investing, yet cannot understand how to backup a computer, run programs, make sure that their computer is in top shape--something I could do when I was 11.

Scary. Makes me question whether FA's are really all their cracked up to be.

Gimme a break about IT geeks having a "tough" time having to fix different computers...awwww they work so hard. Yeah right, if they are true geeks they don't care what you give them.
 
Minneapolis is so beautiful....why oh why did I move?

Get the highend powerbook.
 
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