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Plus power. That means two cables! That's literally double the number of things I should need to plug in. I hate to admit that this actually bothers me. It's t

Plus power. That means two cables! That's literally double the number of things I should need to plug in. I hate to admit that this actually bothers me. It's true of all laptops, though.

shanselman 12y ago
The new Lenovos have a "one dock" plug that does USB, video, and power on one plug. It's lovely.
- TTPrograms 12y ago
  Yet another reason for my next laptop to be a Lenovo...
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- Too 12y ago
  Last time I saw a USB dock with video the video performance was really poor, max 30hz at 720p etc... Do you have any experience of how these work?
  - jrockway 12y ago
    I'm guessing the dock is Thunderbolt, since Intel CPUs support it directly, and it does video, USB, and power.
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ghshephard 12y ago
Given that Thunderbolt 3 can supply 100 Watts out - you would think there would be an equivalent trick one could do to bring power in http://www.extremetech.com/computing/181099-next-gen-thunderbolt-details-40gbps-pcie-3-0-hdmi-2-0-and-100w-power-delivery-for-single-cable-pcs http://www.extremetech.com/computing/181099-next-gen-thunder...
Pxtl 12y ago
Wait, so USB 3 still doesn't solve the problem of "Host needs to draw power from the connection"? That the connection has to be in client/charging mode or hosting-periphs/supplying-power mode? That's always been a massive disapointment in USB - the fact that you can't host and draw power through the same port at the same time. Big part of the reason you don't see many docks for non-iOS devices.
jimmaswell 12y ago
The cables really don't sound like that big of a deal. I'd much rather use a wired keyboard and mouse anyway. Every wireless one of either that I've tried has had lag and connectivity issues.
Ogre 12y ago
For MacBooks there's these things: http://hengedocks.com http://hengedocks.com I had one for an older laptop. Worked fine, but I didn't use it much just because I wasn't at my desk at home very much.

Plus power. That means two cables! That's literally double the number of things I should need to plug in. I hate to admit that this actually bothers me. It's true of all laptops, though.

shanselman 12y ago

The new Lenovos have a "one dock" plug that does USB, video, and power on one plug. It's lovely.

TTPrograms 12y ago
Yet another reason for my next laptop to be a Lenovo...
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Too 12y ago
Last time I saw a USB dock with video the video performance was really poor, max 30hz at 720p etc... Do you have any experience of how these work?
- jrockway 12y ago
  I'm guessing the dock is Thunderbolt, since Intel CPUs support it directly, and it does video, USB, and power.

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ghshephard 12y ago

Given that Thunderbolt 3 can supply 100 Watts out - you would think there would be an equivalent trick one could do to bring power in http://www.extremetech.com/computing/181099-next-gen-thunderbolt-details-40gbps-pcie-3-0-hdmi-2-0-and-100w-power-delivery-for-single-cable-pcs http://www.extremetech.com/computing/181099-next-gen-thunder...

Pxtl 12y ago

Wait, so USB 3 still doesn't solve the problem of "Host needs to draw power from the connection"? That the connection has to be in client/charging mode or hosting-periphs/supplying-power mode? That's always been a massive disapointment in USB - the fact that you can't host and draw power through the same port at the same time. Big part of the reason you don't see many docks for non-iOS devices.

jimmaswell 12y ago

The cables really don't sound like that big of a deal. I'd much rather use a wired keyboard and mouse anyway. Every wireless one of either that I've tried has had lag and connectivity issues.

Ogre 12y ago

For MacBooks there's these things: http://hengedocks.com http://hengedocks.com I had one for an older laptop. Worked fine, but I didn't use it much just because I wasn't at my desk at home very much.