Laptop with Docking Station.

daauneal · January 30, 2015

Hi guys/gals

My aunt asked me to look out for a laptop for her. here's what she requested

"ideally with a good memory, docking station, separate key board and mouse. Software Microsoft, word, excel, outlook, budget is pretty unlimited without going absolutely mad"

So, Does anybody have any suggestions for a laptop with a docking station? and a good keyboard & mouse to go with it?

She didn't ask but I'd imagine she wants one that's not too heavy. I can put the software products on there for her myself, so that's not an issue.

She'd be using this for work, so nothing with loads of flashing lights

I'd say the specs need to be prob 16gig ram & 500gb ssd minimum. No preference on AMD or INTEL,

I HIGHLY doubt she'll be playing games on it, so a 970m would do more than enough.

All suggestions welcome. I'm in Ireland so can only order from Euro countries/websites

Thanks

Decon · January 30, 2015

Hi guys/gals

My aunt asked me to look out for a laptop for her. here's what she requested

"ideally with a good memory, docking station, separate key board and mouse. Software Microsoft, word, excel, outlook, budget is pretty unlimited without going absolutely mad"

So, Does anybody have any suggestions for a laptop with a docking station? and a good keyboard & mouse to go with it?

She didn't ask but I'd imagine she wants one that's not too heavy. I can put the software products on there for her myself, so that's not an issue.

She'd be using this for work, so nothing with loads of flashing lights

I'd say the specs need to be prob 16gig ram & 500gb ssd minimum. No preference on AMD or INTEL,

I HIGHLY doubt she'll be playing games on it, so a 970m would do more than enough.

All suggestions welcome. I'm in Ireland so can only order from Euro countries/websites

Thanks

I don't know of any docking stations for laptops, expect the thunderbolt 2 eGPU/external storage rig I'm working on

What work will she be doing on it?

rustikles · January 30, 2015

Dell makes docks for their business-style laptops. Alternatively, your "dock" could be as easy as a VGA cable and a USB hub (with mouse/keyboard) that she needs to plug in when the laptop gets put on her desk.

daauneal · January 30, 2015

Nothing major at all. most likely just general ms office work. No photoshop or autocad or anything like that.

rustikles · January 30, 2015

Nothing major at all. most likely just general ms office work. No photoshop or autocad or anything like that.

Then she doesn't really need to spend extra money on things like a docking station. Find her a basic mid-range laptop and throw in an SSD. Then set up a desk with a wireless keyboard/mouse and a monitor. Save money, easy solution if she's ok with it.

daauneal · January 30, 2015

Then she doesn't really need to spend extra money on things like a docking station. Find her a basic mid-range laptop and throw in an SSD. Then set up a desk with a wireless keyboard/mouse and a monitor. Save money, easy solution if she's ok with it.

As far as I'm aware it's all being paid for by her company so I don't think she cares about price at all. She's used a dock for all of her previous laptops and I won't be able to set it up for her in her office so I was thinking about getting a universal dock that she can get an IT guy in the company to set up for her once and she doesn't have to deal with it ever again.