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Re:Completely Silent Computer by chrisper on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @03:44PM (#17077169)
>Unless you have a rare phone that comes with a docking station.

Can't you just use any USB-C Dockingstation?

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Re:Completely Silent Computer by snops on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @05:28PM (#17078012)
Not all phones support all the alternate modes of USB-C, especially display port or HDMI, so display output is often a hurdle.
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Re:Completely Silent Computer by nwah1 on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:08PM (#17077409)
Good point. I guess few people use those since phone OSes don't scale well for desktop use.
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Re:Completely Silent Computer by svnsets on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:26PM (#17077576)
The latest MacBook is essentially mobile hardware with desktop peripherals and software. Seems like the right way to go rather than bloating a smartphone with desktop software given that the amount of people who want their smartphone to be their only interface to everything is likely a very small minority.
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