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Hello, my friends. I am seeing several different versions of docking stations for my T430. I also see some are for T430S, which I am thinking is different from my plain T430?

I am not sure what dock might be best. I would like to have for working at my desk:

--At least one video monitor connection
--Network connection
--USB ports for mouse, keyboard and an external storage drive for backups.

Thanks for your input!

Steve

The dock options are the same for T430 and T430s. Here are the options:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Dock_Series_3

Some of these are available with USB 3.0 or eSATA, unfortunately not both.

If your external storage is USB 3.0, or you plan on getting one later I would get the USB 3.0 dock (Mini-Dock/Mini-Dock Plus with USB 3.0). If you plan on eSATA storage, get a dock with eSATA (ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3).

Thanks for the info, dr_st!

Have a blessed day!

Steve

The early Mini Dock 3 Series was flawed by a static noise on its headphone out, just for you to know.

You may want to check this thread too:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Displays-O ... d-p/286556

Great find! I've noticed it too, more than once, but it's the first time I saw a reference to a specific production date that fixes the issue. I'll have to sample a few units at my work and see.