Deciding to start a home based business used to be as easy as ABC: you simply picked a business, bought a PC and quit the day job. Before you knew it, you were up and running, on the road to success. But these days things are tougher. The expansion of internet home based business opportunities, financial upheaval and people stampeding for extra income means that the game plan has moved up a notch or ten. For success, will any old equipment do?The competition on the home based business front means that you have to make your choice and make it well. The choice isn’t simply about the actual business either. For instance, in your budget to buy a business/franchise, training and all start-up fees, what will be left for your office equipment? Or will any old equipment do?For a start, before choosing your home business computer equipment, think about the following: Will you be office based, working on the computer and manning the phone or are you going to be mobile? If you are meeting customers and clients, is it essential to have a portable database/information along? Is a portfolio or catalogue sufficient, or do you need information that only a laptop can provide?If you plan to be mobile and anticipate flying frequently, Will it be convenient to haul your laptop along with your luggage and hand baggage, or will a pc tablet, iPad or notebook be more convenient? If size and weight is a big factor and you choose one of these for their leisure capabilities as well, can you accomplish your workload on it? For example, if you write a lot of reports or articles, take into account that netbooks have a much smaller keyboard than laptops, and iPad and tablets don’t have one at all.If your home based business will keep you office bound and you only have an old pc, can you function as well as if you had the latest gizmo? You will probably manage until you are able to upgrade to faster and easier equipment. If you have already ditched the old pc in favour of a laptop and have it languishing somewhere, do you know that you can connect the monitor to your laptop to provide dual screen activity? If you want further information, check out my article for step by step instructions – it’s very easy to set up and very useful.Your home based business success may be affected by your old equipment if it is slow and temperamental, but a bigger factor may be your marketing. I believe that every business is a winner provided you have the right tools to help you succeed. That would things like mentoring and training. After all, having a great business and latest technology won’t get you as far as you need to be if you aren’t properly equipped with the right marketing skills. So, make yourself a coffee, pull up a chair and click on the following link now. In your home based business success, will any old equipment do? You decide.