So Tell Me...

Why buy a docking station for your laptop/notebook/whatever computer, as opposed to just attaching your monitor, keyboard, network, and mouse cables directly to said portable computer?

(This is a serious question, as I'm pricing docking stations for work and have never used the beasts.)

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Who the hell does a DDOS on freaking journal sites? "I'm gonna, uh, make a statement! About, uh, people who... write about their cats. And stuff. Yeah. Cat-loving freaks are goin' down!"