Hardware
The computer you use for telecommuting should meet the minimum guidelines found at the CIT Recommendations page.
In addition to the information you'll find there, telecommuting has a few additional items to think about.
- Telecommuting is made simpler when you use the same laptop computer at home and at work. This arrangement means you don't need to transfer files from one computer to another, and you don't have to install the same software on multiple computers.
- If you are using different computers at work and at home, a flash drive for transferring large files is very useful (and quite inexpensive).
- If you will be using a voice application, you'll need headphones and a microphone.
- If you will be doing desktop video conferencing, you'll need a webcam (in addition to a microphone and headphones).