On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Personally, I love my quad-core MacBook Pro that my new employer just got me.
> It's freaking awesome, and I use it all the time at home. Because I like it.
> And that translates into more value for my employer. More importantly, I know
> that my employer wants me to have cool hardware, and that's a great culture
> to attract a great team.
>
> --Dave
>
> P.S. Seriously, MacBook Pro support for dual external monitors is pretty
> crappy (unless you pay the big bucks with Thunderbolt). And furthermore, what
> was Apple thinking by *not* providing a docking station port?!
I thought that Thunderbolt *was* basically a docking station port. It
gives access to the PCIE bus, so it could clearly support a docking
station with an external video card. In fact, the Thunderbolt
displays seem to be a monitor + docking station in one. It's a pretty
sweet system, and not technically tied to Apple, either, since the
technology behind the port is Intel-owned. Wouldn't it be great to
have laptop brand-agnostic docking stations, so you don't have to buy
a new one every time you get a new laptop?
--Levi
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