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When leaving the office just clunk your laptop down into your bag's docking station.
When you get home plug your 'docking station extender cable' into the side of the bag. No need to open the bag !
(I know docking station extender cables don't exist so this is also part of the idea - a cable that
holds all the docking station ports etc to allow one docking station to relay to another).
The bag also comes with a simple cooling system that circulates air over the laptop.
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I think your "docking station extender cable" is called a Port Replicator. Here's Wikipedia's definition of a Port Replicator, tell me if it's different: |
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//Port replicators (also called passthroughs) are functionally identical to a bundle of extension cables, except that they can be plugged in and unplugged all at once, saving time. Some also include simple electrical adapters to change from one pinout to another (e.g., Micro-DVI to normal DVI connector.) // |
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My next question is this: what's the point of plugging your laptop into the peripherals (which is what a docking station is for) if it's in the bag and not accessible? Or is your in-bag docking station really just a charger? |
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Nice find 21Q, I was totally unaware there was such a thing as a port replicator. |
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The point of the docking station in the bag (one connector the laptop drops down onto), is that it connects to the port replicator socket on the side of the bag and thus no need to open the bag when you start working at home ! |
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Ok, here's why that confuses me (and I admit i may be missing something): If it's in the bag, how do you perform any kind of work with it? |
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Well if the keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc are outside the bag, just work as normal. In fact, a common way for me to work at home is just to plug in net cable and power and then use Remote Desktop, but with this idea I would only have to plug in one cable and not even take the laptop out of the bag ! |
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I saw a laptop-backpack recently, that featured a 'universal' power-plug and a usb-plug. You could position the plugs in the backpack so it fit your laptop, and there was a fixed outlet at the side that was essentially a USB hub and a power inlet. No link, sorry. |
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Nice idea, my laptop is slightly larger than my laptop bag, so I could definately use this. |
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I hadn't thought of remote server use, but I guess it makes perfect
sense. Still, you really should add that to the post. [+] |
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