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Originally Posted by mjh215
It's just a flesh wound....
Ok I just woke up and didn't have anything good to reply with...
-MJ
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Originally Posted by bbusybookworm
The thing is that if you're going to be spending a least some amount of your day working at the desk, a Docking station is really useful. Hooking one up to an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc means that you get the ergonomics of a desktop, but are assured that all your work is available on your machine for portable use. Keeping two separate machines, a Desktop and a Laptop can be quiet a pain, even is you use automatic sync programs to help.
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ah, you see, here is where we have very different lifestyles : i spend the majority of my time working at my desk, and while there are times when portability would be very convenient, they are honestly pretty rare. if i had even one time per month when i *really* needed a portable computer then i think i would consider it already justified and get one... but so far, i haven't, and the times when i do i usually can find a different solution : a colleague i work often with has a portable which we use for client meetings, and if i / we are in the client's offices then even just a usb key drive with documents on it is enough... however as we have seen, this solution has its own potential problems, when you work with a client who does not know that you must properly eject a usb drive before removing it.
but i will definitely keep in mind your recommendations of which brands are the most flexible when it comes to replacing elements of the config, when i do one day get a portable computer (as i am sure i eventually will).