Thinkpads Forum

Out of curiosity, has anybody here purchased any of the docks or port replicators available for the T410? I've been thinking about dumping my current desktop and using a dock in conjunction with my existing T410 and 22in LCD as a "desktop" solution. Are there any notable drawbacks (like overheating) to going this route that one should know about before buying the dock?

I have done this two years ago: T60 with docking replaced a desktop computer. It works nice. I can now take my office with my, but at home everything is like it was before: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, ethernet.

i've used a similar set up with pretty much every larger thinkpad i've owned.
the only machine i ever worried about heat on the dock with was my a31p after i upgraded the cpu. this was with the advanced dock, which had the full-sized platform under the pc. i think it just insulated heat dispersion from the underside as once i removed that platform, i never had problems again.

For whatever reasons, most Thinkpads I've owned (T42, T60, X61, T410) tend to run a bit hotter when docked (Mini-dock / Ultrabase), but never to the point of overheating. Fan may run more frequently though, so expect more noise.