I recently purchased a new laptop for our athletic director/science teacher to replace his old one. He currently has 2 docking stations (one in office, one in classroom) and he said he wants to keep using docking stations. The stations he has now will not work with his new laptop so I'm looking at buying new ones.
Looking at the compatible docking station for his new laptop, I see that the station has a single DVI-D output according to the specs on CDWG, but in the product overview it says that either VGA or DVI UXGA(1600 x 1200),WSXGA+(1680 x 1050) resolutions supported. This leads me to believe that it can support VGA with an adapter. When I talked to my rep, he said that there may be 3 different models of this same dock and that he wasn't sure which one I would get from them. I need something that can connect to a VGA cable so he can use the projector in his classroom which is connected via VGA. I could use the DVI connection on the projector but that would require buying a DVI cable just for his room. I could also just buy him extra power adapters for less money than the docking station and just have him plug everything directly into his laptop. I'm wondering if anyone else has experience with this HP docking station: http://tinyurl.com/2v3szeh http://tinyurl.com/2wjnlhv Or any advice on what to do about the DVI to VGA situation? Thanks. Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
