Sent an Email to Apple...!

[hooch]

What is the point of a dock on a MBP. My cinema display has DVI firewire and USB. Three cables which are a lot faster to hook up than some clunky 1990s docking device. The point of a laptop is portability, if you want a stationary point buy a desktop.
BTW there are companies that make docking devices, I believe Bookendz is one of them.

The point is simple, you don't have to plug anything in. Drop and go. Sure it is simple to plug cables in, but tedious. Having a port replicator doesn't make it a stationary computer by no means. I requested it at my previous job and I requested it at my current job because I have to take my computer home every night. My thinkpad at the moment handles this very slick. It also makes the desk look clean when you remove the computer since there aren't unplugged cables laying everywhere.

I would love Apple to come up with a better solution than using some other companies 2nd rate, piece-meal approach. Like I said, IBM (Dells, etc) have a much better solution than Apple at the moment.

 

[AngelGuy7]

The point is simple, you don't have to plug anything in. Drop and go. Sure it is simple to plug cables in, but tedious. Having a port replicator doesn't make it a stationary computer by no means. I requested it at my previous job and I requested it at my current job because I have to take my computer home every night. My thinkpad at the moment handles this very slick. It also makes the desk look clean when you remove the computer since there aren't unplugged cables laying everywhere.

I would love Apple to come up with a better solution than using some other companies 2nd rate, piece-meal approach. Like I said, IBM (Dells, etc) have a much better solution than Apple at the moment.

I agree. Apple should come out with some type of docking solution. If you have a notebook and its primarily attached to many devices but you still also need the ability to take it whereever you go, it can get very irritating to have to unplug and plug all of the devices over an over.

I think the simplest solution if Apple chooses not develop their own dock is to work with a company like Belkin to ensure that their notebook dock products work with Apple's notebook, particularly the Macbook Pro. Belkin already makes a dock that utilizes the ExpressCard slot, but it unfortunately doesn't work with OS X.

http://www.belkin.com/pressroom/releases/uploads/10_10_06NotebookExpansionDock.html

 

[BlackMax]

Everyone has probably already seen these and they are not from Apple, but they are docking station solutions for the MB and MBP.

http://www.bookendzdocks.com/

 

[menziep]

I agree. Apple should come out with some type of docking solution. If you have a notebook and its primarily attached to many devices but you still also need the ability to take it whereever you go, it can get very irritating to have to unplug and plug all of the devices over an over.

I think the simplest solution if Apple chooses not develop their own dock is to work with a company like Belkin to ensure that their notebook dock products work with Apple's notebook, particularly the Macbook Pro. Belkin already makes a dock that utilizes the ExpressCard slot, but it unfortunately doesn't work with OS X.

http://www.belkin.com/pressroom/releases/uploads/10_10_06NotebookExpansionDock.html

I like it, shame it only works with windows

Everyone has probably already seen these and they are not from Apple, but they are docking station solutions for the MB and MBP.

http://www.bookendzdocks.com/

I had in fact mentioned their docks in the first email , Thanks for pointing it out though.



Also Hooch and angelguy7 reasons for a dock are the main reason, i contacted apple.