Lenovo ThinkPad Advanced Mini-Dock - port replicator ( 250410U ) | 
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Brand: Lenovo
Category: CE
List Price: $339.75
Buy New: $175.86
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 13.1 x 2.1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 250410U
Model: 250410U
UPC: 882861064540
EAN: 0882861064540
ASIN: B000BYA5NC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Left corner alignment for easy system attachment | | • | Step-by-step LED's and convenient buttons for easy system ejection | | • | Standard device ports: 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 PS/2 port for mouse, serial, parallel | | • | Audio/video ports: Microphone in, headphone out, S/PDIF (digital audio), DVI, VGA | | • | Communication ports: Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) and modem (RJ-11) |
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Product Description
The ThinkPad Advanced Mini Dock offers enhanced cable management and connectivity in a surprisingly small form factor. It is ideal for notebook users who need quick and easy access to peripherals but do not require full desktop expansion capability.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
2 external displays under Linux October 28, 2008
I was unsure about this myself, so I am happy to confirm that this product *does* let you use two external monitors under Linux. (You may have to disable the built in display panel to do it, though...I don't think the Intel GMA integrated card can support all 3 at once).
 ThinkPad quality, but not without flaws August 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this for DVI output. And for that purpose, its perfect. The build is of the same quality as the laptop. The price is a bit high, but this is the cheaper way to do DVI on the T60. The two problems I have with it is heat and mic-in.
I always have my T60 on a laptop cooler that blows air from underneath the laptop. The cooler works really well. Unfortunately, this dock manages to cover up the hottest parts of the laptop. To give you a comparison, my laptop cooler will keep my battery at 34C (not charging). With this dock, the battery is around 42C (not charging and cooler blowing on it). Without the cooler it can only be getting hotter, but considering there hasn't been a recall of any sort, its reasonable to say your laptop is not going to melt, but I still don't like the idea of it running hot.
Another problem I noticed was that the dock's mic-in seemed to be of poor quality. For example, anything you put on the mic-in sounds like the gain has been boosted to where it sounds distorted (almost like you have the mic-gain feature selected, and no that wasn't the problem.) The solution to this problem is to just use the audio out built into the laptop. This takes away a little bit from the ease of docking experience.
Overall, I feel like the DVI (compared to the jittery VGA on my 24" Dell WFP-2705 some weird conflict with this monitor) was well worth it. 4 more USB ports are nice. Can never have enough USB 2.0 ports.
 Works as advertized! June 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
2 years ago I bought this product along with my ThinkPad T60 and it worked perfectly without any issues full desktop experience with my laptop before this I always use to have a desktop + a notebook now just a ThinkPad notebook will do 2 years later I upgraded my ThinkPad from T60 to T61 and the docking still works 100% this is a great solution from Lenovo to us ThinkPad owners, all in all a high quality product that deserves more than 5 stars!
 could be better December 31, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This docking station will lock up your laptop if you loose power. We purchased 20+ of these for company laptops and every one exhibited the same behavior. We placed a call to Lenovo and they said it is working as designed. Tell that to an engineering who lost an hour or two of work.
If you don't need DVI, and can live without the un-docking feature or built-in sound port, I would go with the standard model as it does not do this. If you do purchase this, I would recommend a power supply.
Port Replicator Lenovo September 3, 2007
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
This product we very frequently bought for nnuestro main client Dominican Popular Bank, which is used to obtain a greater performance in its portable equipment
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