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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 8 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Power, HDMI, a few USBs, and headphones, all you'll ever likely need.

There's no doubt a dongle for anything else.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, and it’s better to be downgrading USB-C ports with adapters than to be stuck adapting a USB-A port to USB-C or ethernet.

[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

SD card reader is nice to have if you fuck around with cameras and microphones.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, that can stay too.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Cause I live toting a do gle around and risk breaking the laptop because of it.

I did enough of that in the 90's, TYVM

[–] apostrofail@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] oKtosiTe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Username checks out.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Cause I live toting a do gle around and risk breaking the laptop because of it.

I did enough of that in the 90's, TYVM

[–] apostrofail@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

in the ’90s*

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl -4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Unless you want a desk setup. I have 2 monitors, kb, mouse, external dac, usb extension for thumbdrives, ethernet, usb soundcard for my mic and a kvm. That's dp, hdmi, 6 usb-a, ethernet and I still sometimes plug-in 1-3 devices to charge them.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 19 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

With that many connections, using a dock or a monitor with thunderbolt seems more practical than having a ton of stuff plugged into your laptop.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It sounds like you need a desktop computer or a docking station.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

That's a use case for a laptop dock if ever there was one.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl -3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Like I already said to another user: No. There are more than a few use cases that require a mobile set up for demos for example but that you’d also want to use in a desk setting. For example, architects or sw dev.

Why are you making an effort to justify getting shafted by corporations?

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

We aren’t justifying getting shafted by corporations. What I and the other person are saying is that at some point as your connections and cables multiply, you need to consolidate and streamline your setup for it to be more practical and actually mobile. I’m all for having all the basic necessity ports on my laptop, but when your desk ends up as a mess of cables and pulling out and putting back your laptop becomes bothersome with having to attach/re-attach everything every time, having a dock makes it much simpler. Subjecting yourself to setting up all those cables on both ends instead of just one end is the opposite of having a mobile workstation for quick setup and cleanup.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl -1 points 4 weeks ago

You're still missing the forest for the trees.

There's no real reason why you'd have to choose having a few ports + a hub or tons of ports + the option of using a hub.

If you prefer to "consolidate" your devices to a single poinf of failure on an external device then by all means, go ahead. I just think that it's pretty crappy that options are being artificially limited and users of all people are making excuses for it.

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

In this situation a hub is still better. You can pack all the stuff away plugged into the hub for easier set up. If your plugging that all into your laptop, you’ll need to plug it all back in again when you move.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl -4 points 4 weeks ago

Which might be an issue for you but it's not for me. Also, I prefer the flexibility to have all of the ports I might need, natively.