Topic: proprietary versus universal docking station for h

While computers have continued to shrink, the need for expansion has only grown. Early laptop systems often had proprietary connection ports on the bottom of the laptop. These proprietary ports connected to so-called ‘mechanicaldocking station for hdds’ or ‘port replicators’ which provided for expansion. While some current laptop models still offer these proprietary connection ports, such models are becoming rare. As laptop manufacturers have stopped including proprietary connections to mecha...