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Re:Is the open office layout dead? by jdbernard on Monday August 21, 2017 @07:25AM (#15063705)
The article is discussing mobile desks, so to get the benefit you are describing you'd have to have docks, monitors, and peripherals at every workstation.
Re:Is the open office layout dead? by criddell on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:52AM (#15064602)
I'd bring my own keyboard and mouse. I'd probably also spend the first few minutes of my day cleaning the screen and the desk. The last thing I want to do is use somebody else's nasty keyboard and stare at fingerprints on the screen.

The office I work in, everybody gets a door. With all the arguments about economics, I think some people don't experience the same value to closing the door and working uninterrupted for three or four hours every day. I'm certain whatever the walls cost here, it's small compared to the productivity gains.

Re:Is the open office layout dead? by regularfry on Monday August 21, 2017 @12:15PM (#15065596)
Some offices do exactly that. Thinkpad docks everywhere.
Re:Is the open office layout dead? by cerberusss on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @12:33AM (#15069732)
This will get even better with USB-C and/or Thunderbolt. Just sit down and with a single cable, get monitor, power, network and peripherals. (Almost) regardless of laptop make & model.
Re:Is the open office layout dead? by dingo_bat on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @02:19AM (#15070172)
No it won't get better. On a dock, you have to connect exactly zero cables. Just place the laptop on the dock. That's it. No cables. No connectors. The bottom of the laptop has a connection which touches the pins on the top of the dock surface.
Re:Is the open office layout dead? by dingo_bat on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:07PM (#15065959)
Yup, same at my office.