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There is a certain chic appeal to getting up from your bed and rolling towards your worktable with a coffee in your hands. Yes, we are talking about working from home. And the minimum you need to make it an ultra comfortable experience.

Workspace
You cannot work from your couch or bed. No. What you need is an efficient worktable and IKEA’s Jonas Bureau solves the file cabinet issue for you as well. Starting at Rs.9,157 at IKEA stores.

Chair
You might prefer more comfortable chairs here, but then you risk going to sleep. Still Lapalma’s Cox Chair is mighty comfy and strong. Price available on request.

Coffee Maker Swivel
Because behind every awake home-based entrepreneur is a good cup of coffee. To make that perfect cuppa, you could invest in the Philips Senseo Coffee Maker. Starting at Rs.1,800.

Workstation
There is simply no comparison here to the MacBook Pro. The closest rival was the iMac, but it loses out on the obvious issue of mobility. It is easy to use, trouble free and importantly, more affordable than earlier models. Starting at Rs.74,400.

Phone
Now that Airtel has finally launched it legally, nothing but the iPhone 3GS can be recommended. Else you could’ve gone for the BlackBerry Bold 2. Buy the iPhone and you would know why it is a called the Swiss knife of mobile phones. Starting at Rs.35,500 for the 16GB Version.

Storage
Once you use Apple’s Time Capsule, you would never ever look at hard drives the same way again. Backs up automatically, wirelessly and on every computer at home. You cannot do better than this. Starting at Rs.15,000.

©Entrepreneur April 2010

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