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I have never bought a MacBook, because I don't understand how you're supposed to survive without a dock. I have two desks. When I drop my ThinkPad onto the do
by kbob 15y ago
I have never bought a MacBook, because I don't understand how you're supposed to survive without a dock. I have two desks. When I drop my ThinkPad onto the dock on either desk, it lights up the second screen, external mouse and keyboard, speakers, wired Ethernet, and battery charger.
I do that twice a day. I don't want to plug in half a dozen cables every time.
There are easy workarounds for Ethernet (WiFi) and mouse/keyboard (Bluetooth), but not for the other three.
It's ironic, because Apple invented the laptop dock with the PowerBook Duo, circa 1993. (I think.)
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoYou have a transformer arrangement that turns your thinkpad into a desktop. I like desktops too. So i bought a desktop.
- bradleyland 15y agoI use my MacBook Pro at my desk a lot -- probably 80% of the time -- but I invested in the fastest model I could get, and bought an SSD hard drive, so performance is great. I'd rather not spend another $2500 on an iMac when I have such a great MacBook Pro. Not to mention, I really love working from a single machine. I used to do the iMac + MacBook 13" shuffle. Even with tools like Dropbox, it's next to impossible to keep everything synced. I don't want my 30 GB Aperture library syncing in my Dropbox. It's just much more convenient to work from one machine. When you factor in that Apple sells more laptops than anything, I'd say it's a fair argument that there are a lot of people running a MacBook (Pro) attached to an external display, keyboard, mouse, and related peripherals. The lack of a dock makes this a real exercise.