November 29, 20214 yr So for work I'm issued a Lenovo L14. Since the pandemic, I'm working from home. All I do is plug in a monitor (HDMI) and open the laptop and there are my two screens. Gotta have the two different (extended) screens for the editing/drafting I do. Before the pandemic I had an old school docking station for a prior Lenovo model. The kind you click in. This L14 won't do that, so I am looking for a relatively cheap docking station for work. At work, I don't want to use the laptop. I want to use dual (extended, not duplicated) monitors and a separate mouse and keyboard. When I am at work I plug into the ethernet. I'm pretty sure it's a standard USB C interface. There is so much shit out there on the market -- anyone here use a good generic one that's cheap? My monitors are pretty old (VGA and DVI) so I am expecting I will need a converter or just a new monitor.
November 29, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, tantric superman said: So for work I'm issued a Lenovo L14. Since the pandemic, I'm working from home. All I do is plug in a monitor (HDMI) and open the laptop and there are my two screens. Gotta have the two different (extended) screens for the editing/drafting I do. Before the pandemic I had an old school docking station for a prior Lenovo model. The kind you click in. This L14 won't do that, so I am looking for a relatively cheap docking station for work. At work, I don't want to use the laptop. I want to use dual (extended, not duplicated) monitors and a separate mouse and keyboard. When I am at work I plug into the ethernet. I'm pretty sure it's a standard USB C interface. There is so much shit out there on the market -- anyone here use a good generic one that's cheap? My monitors are pretty old (VGA and DVI) so I am expecting I will need a converter or just a new monitor. This may be some help. https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/best-usb-type-c-hubs Although some companies still call them "docking stations," the more generic name these days is USB-C hubs.
November 29, 20214 yr I might have one I could sell you. Just got a new laptop and I'm not sure if it will work with my Lenovo docking station
November 29, 20214 yr 9 hours ago, tantric superman said: So for work I'm issued a Lenovo L14. Since the pandemic, I'm working from home. All I do is plug in a monitor (HDMI) and open the laptop and there are my two screens. Gotta have the two different (extended) screens for the editing/drafting I do. Before the pandemic I had an old school docking station for a prior Lenovo model. The kind you click in. This L14 won't do that, so I am looking for a relatively cheap docking station for work. At work, I don't want to use the laptop. I want to use dual (extended, not duplicated) monitors and a separate mouse and keyboard. When I am at work I plug into the ethernet. I'm pretty sure it's a standard USB C interface. There is so much shit out there on the market -- anyone here use a good generic one that's cheap? My monitors are pretty old (VGA and DVI) so I am expecting I will need a converter or just a new monitor. Dont know about cheap for a full dock, but for a generic/3rd party one, Anker is good first place to look. This one is cheap for just video - no accessory docking - https://us.anker.com/collections/hubs-docks/products/a8324 Take money you save and buy new monitor. No reason to still have VGA/DVI stuff around.
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