Originally Posted by
cblaisd
Yes, doing this for home, but if travel is ever possible again I take my laptop with me and it's very nice not to have to plug/unplug 3 or 4 cables. So a hub is probably not the optimal solution.
I'm also looking at the X208 which seems more powerful and is more the form factor I'd prefer.
As to Windows, nothing special. Using have Chrome with a dozen or so open tabs, word processing using Office 2010 and WordPerfect X13 (no need to laugh
), Chrome Remote Desktop (when logging in from a different computer in a different part of the house), a pop3 email client, and a few other programs. No gaming.
Thanks!
If this is a dock for a home office, then it's not an issue. But if you're a "road warrior", lugging around a dock and (un)plugging everything may be a pain (at least for me). My preference is to carry as few "pluggables" as possible. My mouse is usually BT and I might carry one or two USB drives (eg, one full blown portable drive, and one flash based, rarely are both plugged in at the same time). Voice communication is usually a BT headset. So rarely if ever do I need four ports (your use case will likely be different) While people might poo-poo the idea of a USB hub, all the other required ports are built into the laptop. (Including a TB port if you don't have an HDMI monitor).
That said, The x280 does have a dock available.
I would be interested in hearing about the advantages from people who carry around a full-blown dock when visiting client sites. While it might not be for me, it'd be something to learn about.
As you're considering a 10PRO laptop, this is likely a moot point, but based on your windows usage, I'm guessing something to do with the legal profession (at least up here, that's the only industry still seriously using WP). If you're not connecting to a domain, there should be very little difference between the two versions. The only thing I might recommend from the pro version is bitlocker (especially if you are in the legal profession) but there are better (less destructive) solutions. I suspect you wouldn't need any of the additional features 10PRO would provide (or if you did, there may be a better solution). The only exception would be RDP... and those would be specific scenarios which you've already worked around since you use Chrome Remote Desktop.