The office that follows you everywhere and is always there when you need it, and not there when you don't. But how does this wonderful portable office come about? Is it some weird set up with strict rules? Hardly! I'm going to show you how to set up a portable office using computing accessories you probably already have.

• Laptop. Yes, I said laptop, not PDA. PDA's have their uses, but sometimes you need an easy to use input system (that would be the keyboard), long life, plenty of space and extendibility. Ah yes, the laptop. The lower strength version of your desktop computer. Anything above 700MHz-1GHz should be plenty. After all, if it's just for some simple data entry, research and the like, you don't need anything more than that. You could probably get by on half of that too. Make sure to password protect the BIOS (if you're not sure how, get a knowledgeable friend to do this) and have strong passwords on your operating system log in. Just in case of theft.
• USB