Apple patent suggests notebook docking station

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MacNN is reporting on a patent filed by Apple that describes a laptop docking station that looks a lot like a hollow iMac. According to images filed with the patent, a laptop is slid into a compartment on the

side of the dock, leaving the laptop’s ports accessible.

There’s no indication as to how the display works. Perhaps the docking station itself has a display that’s powered by the laptop, though

it seems foolish to have two displays. It could be that the laptop in question is actually a tablet that docks with its own display facing the user.

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Orginal post by Dave Caolo

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