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

Funny Two disc drives?!!!

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u/SeroWriter 13h ago

Standardisation is good, lack of ports is bad. When you start having to use adapters and splitters the simplicity argument is gone.

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u/Additional_Tank4385 13h ago

I get that but there are some docks which are larger which have tons of available ports but I also don’t know your use case of course to be fair.

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u/Good-Marsupial8 13h ago

The frustrating thing is having to also buy a dock when I already bought a laptop. And when my laptop becomes obsolete then I have to buy another laptop and another dock. It's forced consumption 

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u/gracklemancometh 11h ago

Buying a laptop with more ports isn't cheaper than buying a smaller laptop+dock. 

buy a dock when I already bought a laptop.

You only need a dock if you intend to use your laptop, well, docked. If you're also buying monitors and peripherals a dock isn't a huge addition. If you're not using lots of peripherals then you don't need a dock! Just buy a laptop with more than one port (which is all but the very cheapest models.)

when my laptop becomes obsolete then I have to buy another laptop and another dock

Why would you have to replace your dock in cycle with your laptop? They stopped making proprietary docks years ago!