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Renaij
Luke Warm
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 251
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 Posted: 05/05/03 - 21:13 Post subject: laptop question.
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i'm interested in purchasing a laptop off of Ebay
its a toshiba satellite series.
but it has a docking type thing, i'm not really sure what its for.
is it just like an extended battery + ports? or is it required to run the laptop?
the laptop itself has a DVD rom, not the docking thing so i'm guessing without the docking thing the laptop can still run.
thanks in advance
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Sunkorzien
Sir Postalot
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 1443
Location: New Orleans
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Posted: 05/05/03 - 21:23 Post subject:
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Basically, the dock sits on your desk, and the laptop snaps into it, automatically hooking everything up.
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avguru
Total Newbie
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 20
Location: Dallas
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Posted: 05/05/03 - 21:24 Post subject:
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Docking station just provides port replication(they are sometimes just called port replicators when they are small version) and usually a stand for the monitor to sit on. Sometimes there are additional drives that are not built into the laptop, but not always.
The big plus is that you can have a monitor, speakers, keyboard and mouse, plus other gizmos and gadgets as you wish, all ready to use and you just pop the laptop in place in the docking station and it becomes a desktop basically! My work provided me with one at the office and one for the house back when I was on call 24/7.
Good to have usually!
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Renaij
Luke Warm
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 251
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Posted: 05/05/03 - 21:31 Post subject:
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wicked, thanks!
i think i'll purchase it, it'll make school a helluva lot easier. doing C++ on paper is really s****y.
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Silentstormwing
Total Newbie
Joined: 03 Apr 2003
Posts: 42
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Posted: 05/06/03 - 09:49 Post subject:
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what? you mean you'd rather use a computer than a pencil to compile C code?
SSW
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eqchanter
RealPoor Sensei
Joined: 04 Dec 2002
Posts: 1543
Location: tennessee
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Posted: 05/06/03 - 10:22 Post subject:
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we have a few laptops at work with docking stations. they allow you to work with things like a monitor, keyboard etc. but usually they are for networking but allowing portability if you need to take the computer with you
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