![]() ![]() The monitor (which has a DVI connection) didn't work properly in the dock's HDMI port. The second issue was more difficult to solve. Even so, that got her down to four connections per connect/disconnect cycle from ten. First, to connect to her computer, she still needs to connect two cables: Thunderbolt and power. Getting up from her desk, and taking her computer, required removing five connections. Sitting down at her desk required finding five wires and making five connections. Every added set of steps adds to her long list of to do items. But she's a busy person with modern stresses and demands on her time. She was doing without her laptop when she went out, missing opportunities to get work done away from the home office, because it was just too much of a pain. Sometimes if everything was finally hooked up right, she'd find herself avoiding bringing her Mac with her. The result was that she would sometimes work at her desk without the peripherals that help her do her job most efficiently. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but it added friction to her workday. ![]() Cables would sometimes fall off the edge of the desk and get lost on the floor, or attacked by the puppy. She had to set up the MacBook Pro, find all the loose cables, connect the MagSafe 2 adapter, the Thunderbolt-based Ethernet adapter, the monitor, and all the USB devices.Įvery time she had to leave her desk, she had to go through the reverse process, removing the MagSafe plug, the Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter, the monitor, and all the USB devices. Settling into work at her desk was no longer a matter of turning on her monitor and going to work. The problem was occurring when my wife got back to her desk.
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