Looking for advice on tech - my equipment hasn't been holding up while WFH. Recommendations on work laptops?

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Lenovo Thinkpads!! Buy then on eBay if you don’t want to splurge the high $$. I loved them when my industry job issued them, and buy them for my personal use. Hands down the best laptop series and far better than the Dell or HP laptops issued by consulting companies! I use the X1 Carbon i7 FYI

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Reach out to your company, they should be able to help you get access to a new device so you can reasonably do your job.

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Yes! I submitted for support but they are prioritizing certain employees. Playing the waiting game at this point.

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Ate you an independent contractor? If no, work should be paying for this. Personally, I would never be thinking about work requirements when buying a personal laptop.

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