I don't know, if you accept the premise of the article that old/cheap PC hardware is good enough for most applications then what do you gain by having a docking

I don't know, if you accept the premise of the article that old/cheap PC hardware is good enough for most applications then what do you gain by having a docking station vs a desktop PC? There is only a small cost saving since the expensive thing is going to be the peripherals and screen and you now have to deal with problems like employees taking the tablets home and losing/breaking them , getting malware on them or filling them up with personal stuff. The cost of having a few computer components nailed to the desk is probably less than the loss of productivity when somebody can't work because their tablet is broken. Are there many companies who are doing full on bring your own hardware apart from maybe startups etc who can't afford to provide extra computers to staff?