ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer

Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer by pjmlp on Monday March 23, 2020 @02:56AM (#22661808)

Laptops are desktops, since 2006 I haven't worked for any company where they were still actively spending money acquiring desktops.

The people that required desktop like compute power either got a laptop workstation like Thinkpad W series (now P), or some server connected via RDP.

Apple just needs to have a docking station on their offerings.

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Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer by wolrah on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:19AM (#22664911)

> Apple just needs to have a docking station on their offerings.

But they do, it's called Thunderbolt, and they were the first manufacturer to really buy in hard.

For any laptop that can run within the 100 watt limit of USB-C charging there's little to nothing a proprietary docking solution offers compared to TB3, and even those that require more power can still use a TB dock just with one additional cable to plug in.

Yes there are a lot of crappy Thunderbolt and/or USB-C docks out there, but it's not like proprietary docks were ever bug-free either. At least now you have a choice of dozens of vendors rather than being stuck with whatever the laptop OEM wants to offer, and changing model lines doesn't mean buying a whole new set of docks.

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Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer by tyingq on Monday March 23, 2020 @07:32AM (#22662983)

"haven't worked for any company where they were still actively spending money acquiring desktops."

It's still very common for companies to supply desktops to lower paid desk workers that don't work from home. The total cost is lower, fewer failures, etc.

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Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer by llampx on Monday March 23, 2020 @07:48AM (#22663080)

After Coronavirus, I can see even that dwindling further. Laptops are cheap enough that TCO-wise its better to have a small, portable all-in-one solution than a desktop.

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