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I really have a hard time understanding the appeal of the NexDock. With a phone processor it will still be ARM, you won't get a great laptop. But it already co

I really have a hard time understanding the appeal of the NexDock. With a phone processor it will still be ARM, you won't get a great laptop. But it already costs $250, for that price you can get an entry-level laptop that will probably perform in a similar way while still leaving your phone independent.

wegs 6y ago
(1) Phones have your data, settings, apps, etc. on them. Syncing things sucks. (2) The ARM in your phone is probably faster than a $250 laptop CPU. It can be plenty fine for most tasks. (3) Many of us aren't CPU-bound in the first place. The only thing holding our phones back are software, keyboard, and display. Done well, it'd be awesome. I definitely want something like the NexDock. However, I'll probably wait for V2 or V3. I think V1 will be good for people who would use it like a Chromebook. My V5 NexDock would look like an actual dock, and plug my phone into: * a pair of 4k monitors * a keyboard, a mouse * a pair of external HDDs (keeping my data backed up in RAID, and holding larger files) And have good software / application support.