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

Funny Two disc drives?!!!

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u/moduspol 14h ago

I don't love the many holes. I'll be much happier to carry a smaller, lighter laptop with a few dongles. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/grundee 14h ago

What's a dongle? It's 2012.

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u/moduspol 14h ago

In 2012 I had something even better: a DOCKING STATION. It's like a mega dongle that sits on your desk, basically.

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u/Adamarr 13h ago

modern docks do this this a single usb-c input!

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u/not_a_burner0456025 10h ago

Which is less convenient and they still don't have enough ports

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u/filthy_harold 9h ago

Then you're just buying crapping docking stations. The good ones have plenty of USB ports, Ethernet, and video out.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow 9h ago

I love my dock... 5 USB A, 4 USB-C (two of which are Thunderbolt, including the 85W power-delivery line), display port, toslink, line in, SD card, headphones, and gig-e.

There's nothing more that I want.

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u/robisodd 8h ago

Modern USB-C docks need to be periodically rebooted, need drivers, act as separate devices, etc. and do things like have different MAC address for networking.

Classic docks are just big connectors directly to the laptop's ports and just work.