One thing about using a laptop with other peripherals such as an external screen,  mouse and keyboard is that it is such a pain to have plug all these external devices into the various slots in your laptop. Once answer used by a lot of corporate workers, especially at work is to have a docking station or port replicator that you can just plug or slot your laptop into and away you go.

Laptop ergonomics

You should be doing this by the way, especially  if you use are essentially using your laptop as a desktop replacement, either at work or at home.  Spending significant amount of time each day using just your laptop without an external screen etc. breaks just about every rule in terms of ergonomics, and could lead to significant health and posture problems later on.

Universal docking station

However the majority of docking stations are proprietary to a specific manufacturer and even to specific models. So what can you do if you are looking for another port replicator at home, and would like one that could handle all makes of laptops?  Well one answer could be the Toshiba USB Dynadock Port Replicator.  We have all heard of the universal remote well this device attempts to be the universal docking station.  It handles the connection to multiple makes and models of laptops by using a single USB connection rather than any proprietary connection slots. You have your monitors, external drives, sound systems, key board etc, permanently connected to the Toshiba USB Dynadock and then when anyone wants to use their laptop they just attach one USB cable (assuming they got the drivers installed).   It is also a very stylish looking device which won’t look at all bad on the desk.

How do you manage docking you laptop with your external devices?