I never found a need for a dock and for other content I have a HDD plugged into my router (nice feature.)
For me a dock isn't needed.
I have recently acquired an ACER Aspire R13 2-in-1 Laptop with 8 GB RAM and a 256 GB SSD. I also got an external optical drive to go along with it. I would like to create a docking station at home and use it as my home computer also. I want to make sure I am getting everything I need and am doing everything correctly. I am familiar with computers but am far from expert. I assume I should be looking docking station and external hard drive at the least. Any recommendations on the best docking stations and external hard drives? Any tips I should know about?

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