I'm starting a new job that involves a lot of travel, but still a lot of desk time. I'm on the hunt for a small, travel-friendly notebook or ultrabook, preferably with no optical drive. At home I'd like to be able to just plug it into a dock closed and use external keyboard+mouse and multiple ~20" monitors. My dream would be to have 3 external monitors, but 2 would be good, too.
The Lenovo T420s seems like it will get me there, but that might be more machine than I need. I also don't know if I'll be able to close the lid and not use the built-in screen at all.
The X220 might work, but I can't tell how well it would handle multiple external monitors or if I could dock it closed.
The Dell docking stations seem pretty crappy.
I like the ASUS and Acer ultrabooks, but they don't seem to have any kind of useful docking stations.
Any ideas?
The Lenovo T420s seems like it will get me there, but that might be more machine than I need. I also don't know if I'll be able to close the lid and not use the built-in screen at all.
The X220 might work, but I can't tell how well it would handle multiple external monitors or if I could dock it closed.
The Dell docking stations seem pretty crappy.
I like the ASUS and Acer ultrabooks, but they don't seem to have any kind of useful docking stations.
Any ideas?