This might sound a bit strange but having never been in a position where I would need to use a computer for my work, I'm just curious to know what sort of things someone who is required to use a computer at work actually needs to do at home with a computer in connection with their work... 
Not personal details, just a general idea of why it's needed at home, as I've never known anyone personally who has to do this...
Well, when I did my doctoral thesis I pretty often had times when I took quite some work home. Things for which I needed a Windows maschine were priimarily Matlab, Illustrator, MS word and VisualStudio.
