Don't misconstrue Displayport and Thunderbolt - one is a royalty free standard, the other is crippled Intel only and patent encumbered. Dockport is a VESA stand

Don't misconstrue Displayport and Thunderbolt - one is a royalty free standard, the other is crippled Intel only and patent encumbered. Dockport is a VESA standard that adds USB and DC power to DP to compete with Thunderbolt. I have much more interest in using that than some profiteering move on Intels part to achieve vendor lock in to its chipsets by getting end users stuck with Thunderbolt devices.