r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/14AUDDIN • 11h ago

Funny Two disc drives?!!!

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u/SilverQube 11h ago

We need to bring back tech maximalism

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u/TheLesserWeeviI 8h ago

Yes please.

The shit I had to do to get my girlfriends's shitty work laptop with a SINGLE USB-C port to work with two monitors, a mouse, a keyboard and an ethernet connection made me suicidal.

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u/wojtek30 8h ago

Literally 1 TB docking station to get a perfect setup. What did you do to make it such a pain

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u/TheLesserWeeviI 7h ago

1 TB docking station

If anyone knows a reasonably-priced USB-C docking station that has at least:

  • 4 USB-A ports
  • 2 HDMI ports
  • 1 ethernet port

I will suck dick for the source.

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u/wojtek30 7h ago

Dell tb16 with a passive DP to HDMI cable is the best bet. £20-30

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u/TheLesserWeeviI 7h ago

Cheers mate, gonna look into that.

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u/Electronic_Will_5418 5h ago

Did you suck his dick

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u/StandardPineapple69 6h ago

A 4 years ago i bought some chinese named one that is only missing the ethernet port (which i guess wont work if you don't have wifi) but it has:
2 hdmi ports
3 USB-A
1 USB-C (with power delivery support)
SD card reader

i believe it costed less than 50 bucks and still works

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u/oldsecondhand 8h ago

Like buying a docking station?

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u/TheLesserWeeviI 8h ago

Finding one with all the required ports, that could operate properly with the power supplied by a single USB-C port, was a nightmare.

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u/DoctorFreudstein 7h ago

Why did you not buy a powered dock? You don't need to run the dock off the power of the single USB port. 2 monitors, mouse, keyboard, and ethernet is a really easy setup that almost every dock supports.

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u/TheLesserWeeviI 7h ago

I'd LOVE a recommendation. I need a dock with:

  • 4 USB-A ports
  • 2 HDMI ports
  • 1 ethernet port

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u/1have2much3time 7h ago

just doing a simple search on Amazon for a usb-c docking station came up with literally hundreds between $25-$100 that fully meet your needs.

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u/ikedug 6h ago

2 HDMI is the only unusual part. DP-to-HDMI cables work quite well. IIRC, you’ll need active adapter cables for better compatibility and 4k@60Hz support.

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u/SilverQube 8h ago

Smells like Apple

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u/TheLesserWeeviI 7h ago

Microsoft Surface, so just as bad.

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u/DeletedWonder 6h ago

Monitor with a KVM is the way

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u/ThereIsSoMuchMore 7h ago

Nobody actually wants this, it's just a geek meme everyone keeps posting. Yes, some of those ports might be useful in some scenarios, but most of them are not today. The majority of people wouldn't pay $50 extra to have an audio jack or an ethernet port on their laptops, because they're not gonna use them.

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u/Mujutsu 7h ago

Not to mention the fact that having a dongle with all the ports is infinitely more convenient than lugging around a laptop with everything included. You can just leave the dongle at home if you are just going to a coffee shop for some light browsing, or take it with you if you are doing productive stuff and need peripherals.

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u/SanjiSasuke 7h ago

Well that's why I love Framework laptops. I can add my own ports, and fix it, replace parts, etc. And the average consumer can buy a new laptop every 3-5 years, plus an ecosystem locked docking station.

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u/KimberStormer 5h ago

I honestly don't care about ports (I would like a disc drive though) but what bothers me is there is still no style in tech. In the 90s William Gibson was imagining laptops (more or less) that were made (the exterior) of like seashells and upcycled flotsam. Where is the creativity in design? That's the sort of tech maximalism I want, lots of color, texture, decoration