Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 249
Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 249
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 249
- From: Allan Marcus <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:38:45 -0600
I disagree on the docking station. I commonly have 2 USB, a firewire,
a monitor, speakers, and power connected to my laptop. I take my
laptop to meetings and home on weekends, and dealing with all those
cables, especially making sure they don't fall behind the desk, was
well worth the cost of the dock.
If you rarely take the computer with you, then it might not be needed.
If you take the computer with you and you have lots of cables, it's
fantastic.
Just depends on your situation.
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Thanks,
Allan Marcus
505-667-5666
On Sep 17, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Kim Hersh wrote:
If you are looking at what you need for security reasons, it depends
mainly on what the security requirements for your area are. If I
had to guess, I would say that Bluetooth would not be allowed, but
you would have to check what the security plan for the network to
which you would be attaching the machine.
In any case, most of the time, when security requires something like
a docking station, it isn't necessarily because it requires the
docking station, it's because they don't allow you to switch the
monitor, keyboard, and mouse from one machine to another by
unplugging and re-plugging cables. They don't like users swapping
cables on machines.
A cheaper, and likely just as acceptable setup, would be a dedicated
USB keyboard and mouse (and you'll probably want the mouse for the
laptop anyway - most people do like having one to supplement the
finger pad), as well as a dedicated display that you could plug
into. Or, there are also two station USB KVM switches that would
work. Those would start getting close in price to the docking
station, however. But... if you plan to share the monitor, you may
need one anyway. And if you have one, you may not really need the
docking station, unless you really want it.
For the most part, docking stations don't seem to be required
anymore. Everyone seemed to realize that they were just an
unnecessary expense that didn't really add much other than possibly
reducing the number of cables you have to hook up, and that's
minimal... hardly justifies the cost.
The best way to know for sure is to check what your security people
will require. Don't forget about the network connection either....
if you are attaching to the local network, you'll likely have to ask
for an additional connection, and you'll need to know if that will
mean any additional hardware (whomever provides your network
connection may just want to split off your current connection using
a hub, and if so, will they require that you buy it, or is it
already in place?)
Kim
Kimberly Cummings Hersh
Apple Team Lead
NSA Systems and Network Analysis Center (SNAC)
410-854-5192
email@hidden
On Sep 17, 2009, at 3:06 PM, email@hidden wrote:
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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:21:36 -0400
From: "Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC" <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Recommended Docking Station for MacBook Pro
To: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
Cc: Apple Fed Talk <email@hidden>
Message-ID: <email@hidden>
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Thanks. I thought the bluetooth was a no go? And what kind of
cables do you use? My main concern is hooking up to a (Samsung)
monitor. Though if my USB mouse and keyboard work, too, all the
better. The docking station was more for security than anything
else.
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