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Best hardware for freelancing?

Fernando Toledo  Identity Verified
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German to Spanish
Oh I am so sorry Nov 30, 2011


Michael Beijer wrote:

Mobile: I'm sticking with my £15 prepaid mobile phone. I don't want to be able to check my email while I'm shopping, and I definitely don't need yet another £40/month disappearing from my bank account. Get a gym membership instead!


I have prepaid too and I pay 10 € for Flatrate (Germany, SIMYO). So can I call for free (Skype, Viber, Forfone, Wahtsapp) have my docs with me (Dropbox), Google Maps, Twitter, and, and...




Computer: No more netbooks or laptops for work. Get a desktop PC running Windows 7 64 bit with an Intel i7 processor, a large SSD hard drive, 16 GBs of RAM, the largest square (4:3 or 5:4) or widescreen (16:10)(depending on your preference) monitor you can find, watercooling, a Wacom tablet, a Countour RollerMouse Free2*, and a decent keyboard. Throw away your normal mouse. They are evil.



Up to you, I travel a lot a need it easy.




Don't get a Mac;



Up to you, some people have a lifestyle, like cars, clothing. I rather live in a house with a japanese style than in Barbie's house = Windows




Well this show exactly the difference between windows and mac.

I use this:

http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/



[Edited at 2011-11-30 13:38 GMT]


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