Maybe there are legal implications or company policies, but seriously, how would your employer ever even find out you were using that laptop? Just don't go arou

Maybe there are legal implications or company policies, but seriously, how would your employer ever even find out you were using that laptop? Just don't go around advertising it if you do use it, backup your data and wipe it before you return it, you'll be fine. Of course it might be nicer to have your own laptop that is setup just right for what you're building, but if money is scarce then i would just use the work laptop and keep quiet about it.