10-23-2019, 04:45 PM
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Managing Laptop Attachments
Question to smart people here. How do you manage your laptop attachments?
I have a 12-inch MacBook for traveling. It's really nice small, thin, light, excellent graphics. But its compactness comes with a huge shortcoming - only one USB-C input. Everything has to be connected through this one little port. So, I carry a pouch with few attachments - a VAVA dongle port, a couple of 2TB hard drives, SD cards, charger, headphones etc. When spread out on an airplane table or on other tight surfaces, these accessories just get in a way, take over the space, fall off etc. I was thinking, there has got to be some sort of a bracket or clip that can be attached to the back of the screen to hold those those things in place ... or something like that. Sales-kids at BestBuy didn't know of any. Maybe, there isn't...
Can anyone suggest a good way of managing these attachments, if you have one?
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10-23-2019, 04:50 PM
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Rubber bands.
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10-23-2019, 04:58 PM
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If you have access to a 3D printer, there might be some ideas on Thingiverse
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10-23-2019, 05:00 PM
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If you have access to a 3D printer, there might be some ideas on Thingiverse
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I have all these things to manage. You know what would make it better? Another thing.
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10-23-2019, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Managing Laptop Attachments
Those metal bag clips.
This thing, but bigger.
Last edited by Wormius; 10-23-2019 at 07:32 PM.
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10-23-2019, 07:29 PM
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Wouldn't want to be adding things to the laptop back. The simpler solution I'd imagine is to get a bag for those things and hang it from the seat in front of you.
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10-23-2019, 07:51 PM
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Leave the computer in the at and just sleep or watch movies
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10-23-2019, 07:59 PM
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AliExpress must have some sort of those useless laptop accessories there I am guessing
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10-23-2019, 08:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Question to smart people here. How do you manage your laptop attachments?
I have a 12-inch MacBook for traveling. It's really nice small, thin, light, excellent graphics. But its compactness comes with a huge shortcoming - only one USB-C input. Everything has to be connected through this one little port. So, I carry a pouch with few attachments - a VAVA dongle port, a couple of 2TB hard drives, SD cards, charger, headphones etc. When spread out on an airplane table or on other tight surfaces, these accessories just get in a way, take over the space, fall off etc. I was thinking, there has got to be some sort of a bracket or clip that can be attached to the back of the screen to hold those those things in place ... or something like that. Sales-kids at BestBuy didn't know of any. Maybe, there isn't...
Can anyone suggest a good way of managing these attachments, if you have one?
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You thought you were being modern, but really you went back in time...
Seriously, why get a slim laptop like that if it clearly doesn't meet your remote needs.
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10-23-2019, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by nfotiu
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Seriously, why get a slim laptop like that if it clearly doesn't meet your remote needs.
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Because it's amazing. I travel a lot for business, so I do need to carry a capable laptop. I have 5 of them, from 13" to 17". They are all relatively heavy for travel, but manageable. I also do a lot of photography and for a while I was thinking of buying one of those hard drives with card slots to dump files to in the field, when the cards become full. Carrying a normal laptop is not an option. For a bit more money, I bought a 12" Retina MacBook, which, again, is an amazing piece of machinery for all of the technical specs I've already listed. I didn't realize how small, compact and lightweight it was until I tried it. So, I am happy with this laptop. I just want to find a way to manage the accessories a little better. 
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10-23-2019, 09:43 PM
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To narrow it down, primarily, I want to somehow manage these three accessories: dongle port, charger and external HD. See the photo below, I made it close to real scale. Shows how small the computer really is.
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"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think." Georg Hegel
To generalize is to be an idiot. William Blake
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10-23-2019, 09:49 PM
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Managing Laptop Attachments
You have 2 external SSDs? Do you always need them plugged in? Maybe just leave the unused items in your laptop bag? When do you need these on a plane?
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10-23-2019, 09:52 PM
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Only one is plugged into the dongle, normally. Second one may be needed for simultaneous backup sometimes.
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"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think." Georg Hegel
To generalize is to be an idiot. William Blake
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10-23-2019, 09:58 PM
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I wasn't really kidding about the rubber bands. Or use a few velcro straps. Can you get a usb-c hub, and only have one thing to plug in? Strap them all together, or throw them in a little sack with only the one cable coming out?
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10-23-2019, 10:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
I wasn't really kidding about the rubber bands. Or use a few velcro straps. Can you get a usb-c hub, and only have one thing to plug in? Strap them all together, or throw them in a little sack with only the one cable coming out?
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Yeah, I got it. It's an option.
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"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think." Georg Hegel
To generalize is to be an idiot. William Blake
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10-25-2019, 01:43 PM
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Cover the back of the screen in two-sided tape, stick your accessories to it.
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10-25-2019, 06:57 PM
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Crown royal bag
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10-25-2019, 10:32 PM
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Try finding a 3 ring binder pouch with pockets for your accessories. You could even put your laptop and the flat binder pouch in the same laptop bag for ease of transport.
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