Working from home: your guide to the tech you’re going to need

Working from home: your guide to the tech you’re going to need

With the coronavirus pandemic resulting in more and more of us being asked to work remotely, it’s time to get to grips with what’s required for working from home for more than just a day at a time.

Broadly speaking you have two options: a desktop computer or a laptop.

Desktops

Desktops come in all sizes and shapes, including all-in-ones such as Apple’s iMac that include a screen.Photograph: Joel

Desktop computers have a few advantages, with one big downside: you can’t easily move them.

The upsides are they are typically cheaper, can often be upgraded fairly easily and cheaply, and lower-cost desktops will likely age better than their laptop counterparts in terms of performance.