With the full-featured interface in the field of notebook full popularity, and the market focusing on thin and light laptops, so reduce or even canceling a lot of commonly used interfaces, laptop manufacturers let the heavy responsibility of peripheral connectivity shifted to the docking station, so that the docking station of the market ushered in a wave of hot sales. How does the docking station solve the problem of connecting peripherals to the laptop for daily use? This next article will explain what the role of the docking station is.
The Role of the Docking Station
Anti-fall and Anti-theft
Docking stations usually have two kinds, one is portable, if you need to travel frequently, then choose this will be more suitable, because it is not only practical but also lightweight, and will not give you the burden of the journey. There is also a desktop docking station, through the installation of which can effectively fix the laptop on the desktop, to prevent accidental collision caused by the body shifting, bumping or even falling to avoid economic losses. And the installation of this type of docking station plays a certain role in preventing theft. Since the weight of the docking station is comparable to that of a laptop, and its size is not small, it is not so convenient to carry. In addition to this, the docking station almost always has a key lock, which locks the laptop to the docking station and makes mobility quite poor, which also prevents losses to some extent.
Cooling and Convenience
One of the functions of installing a docking station is to improve the cooling capacity of the bottom of the laptop, to enhance air circulation, so that excess heat is not transmitted to the desktop, thus reducing the comfort of using the computer, and to better protect the internal components of the laptop from damage due to overheating. Moreover, the design of the docking station is able to arrange the external plug-in cables to the rear of the computer body, consciously organize and arrange the lines without clutter, but also allows you to better manage and use external devices, thus greatly improving the efficiency of work. Because when many people every time open the lid of their laptop, the computer will move with the screen because of the lightweight, and all need to press the computer by hand. After installing the docking station, because of the weight of the docking station itself, plus the weight of the host computer, the above situation will not occur.
Improving Work Efficiency
In the office, you only need to connect the network cable, power cord, printer cable, mouse, etc. to the docking station, you use the time to put the various electronic devices on it, it is very convenient. And when you leave you need a button to separate the device from the docking station. Just like the dell docking station, it has a 12-in-1 expansion, equipped with uplink ports, downlink ports and USB-C ports and so on, which can satisfy most people’s daily, office or study needs. And it’s useful to have an all-in-one charging function, such as providing up to 100W of charging power for your laptop via the uplink port and charging your other devices via the 2 USB-C ports.
Summary
This very tech-savvy docking station will bring great convenience to people’s working life in many times, and it can also make your work more efficiently, and it also gets rid of the situation that many electronic devices’ charging cables are entangled together, thus it also lets all the office workers get rid of a lot of troubles. So you can pick the right docking station for yourself according to your actual situation and the features mentioned above, and let technology change your life.
