Product Description Plug a keyboard, mouse and monitor to the dock and use your notebook as a desktop. The Notebook Expansion Dock with Video connects most desktop peripherals - works with all monitors and supports screen resolution up to 1280 1024 pixels. A unique wedge design adds airflow to aid cooling.
Kensington 33367 Dock and Gateway MX8734October 19, 2008 I purchased the 33367 Dock for ease of travel from College to home. I have a Gateway 24 in Wide Screen at home, and the 8734 Laptop's 17in screen is 16:9. I striped my Laptop of Vista and I run XP Pro MCE 2005. I loaded the latest XP drivers (dock driver and separate nic driver) from the website. Plugged the single usb into the laptop and everything worked. I had a small issue with resolution compatibility between the two monitors, but settled on 1152x864. My only gripe is that running video through usb dock just won't handle any games. I have loaded ones such as Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, C&C Tiberium Wars and Trainz. None of which work. I guess you can't have everything. Over all ease of use is wonderful for travel!
DockingOctober 14, 2008 Product installed easily and worked very well. Met all expectations. Especially nice as Dell said there wasn't a docking solution for my computer that would do all things (video, audio, etc.).
So far so good! It works perfectly!September 30, 2008 I have Dell Inspiron 1420 and used to use it on a desk without a stand. Then my upper back and neck started to hurt and decided I need a laptop stand. I got a Kensington adjustable stand with 4 usb expansion, but it didn't have the internet connection. So everyday, I had to plug in power cord, usb cord from the stand, audio plug, and the LAN cable. That's 4 cables. I decided that this stand is good as a laptop holder, but it's useless as a docking station. So I got this Expansion dock (at a famous auction site we all know) at a discounted price and I couldn't be happier.
I'm a music teacher who uses the laptop for MIDI sequencing and other audio needs, so I haven't used it for Video applications. As far as I'm concerned, this works perfectly. I had no problem installing the drivers which came with the dock.
Five Stars!
Not compatible with my external Monitor and bad Technical supportJuly 29, 2008 The basics work fine; keyboard, mouse, speakers But I have not been able to get the dock to support my monitor. I installed the new drivers from the Kensington web site which seem to work termporarily. However, upon reboot my Dell XPS laptop (running Vista) does not recognize the VGA driver. I called Kensington for support on this issue. I got the worse support I have received in my life. Support did nothing to diagnos the problem. They claimed it was a Microsoft or Dell issue and that I should call them.
Usless with New VISTA ComputersJuly 21, 2008 I spent several hours attempting to get the video form my new Toshiba Laptop- new HP display along with the normal geek stuff- i.e. PDA phone, HP printer, Scanner, sound system - mouse and key board. In the end tossed the Expansion Dock in the heap of older out dated computer stuff- in the end used a powered seven USB hub and ended up with (4)plugs to laptop- 1. Power, 2. Video 3. Sound cable to HP display and 4. The USB Hub. I feel the conflicts are a result of the Expansion Dock attempting to work with the new VISTA operating System. Just a paint to get the things to play together upon shut down to re- boot.
In the end a Toshiba laptop owner might have to wait for Toshiba to get its Tower Port System a little better engineered- from most reviews it has a way to go- I have not tried it - wasted far too much on hardware and some degree software that does not work as stated.
