u/DeskInOfficial

Remote work used to mean “work from home.”

Now it’s:

• cafes
• coworking spaces
• airports
• hotels
• random corners of the house with the best wifi 😂

What’s everyone’s current remote work setup like?

One thing we’ve noticed while building DeskIn is that a lot of remote workers still rely heavily on accessing their home/office computers remotely instead of carrying everything around on one device.

Some people go fully cloud-based.
Some remote into a main workstation.
Some carry a super powerful laptop everywhere.

What’s been the most reliable setup for you long term?

We work in remote access, so naturally we think a lot about lightweight work setups while traveling.

One use case we find really interesting is the idea of traveling without carrying a full laptop setup.

Instead:

• tablet
• phone
• compact keyboard
• remote access back to a home workstation

For a surprising amount of work, it’s actually been pretty workable:

• docs/admin work
• file access
• lightweight workflows

That said, internet quality and latency still make or break the experience, and there are definitely tasks that still feel much better on a physical machine.

Feels like we’re reaching a point where people might not need to carry all their computing power with them all the time anymore.

Curious how others think about this:
What still absolutely requires a laptop for you when traveling?