Do it like any other responsible place and keep spare machines at hand.<p>Oh, I forgot, there&#x27;s nothing as painless as a properly set up Windows Server with auto provisioning...<p>My primary work machine is a 2011 MBP and it&#x27;s working like a fucking beast, but still, I fear the moment it will break and require 1-2 days in the IT department for reinstall.<p>Provisioning a Win7 machine with MSIs is PAINLESS if you know how to deal with the MS toolchain (except Java which is a PITA to get running...)<p>Ditto for network-backed home directories, as long as you have Cat6 networking and good networking hardware which you should have anyway if you&#x27;re a serious business, it&#x27;s a couple of config options set up ONCE for the entire AD and you&#x27;re done.<p>Macs, to this day, don&#x27;t speak PXE but their own Apple protocol, and something even remotely alike to assigning MSIs via Active Directory is not achievable without (paid!) 3rd party tools.