Docking station for my HP ENVY TS 15 Notebook PC

[mickymic]

I just bought this laptop and I need to buy a dociking station to it. 

With my previous laptop there was a connector on the bottom that would snap to the docking station and make it work. 

The HP ENVY TS 15 Notebook PC does not seem to have any special connections. What dociking station it uses?

Thanks

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Consumer laptops no longer have an option for a "snap down" dock which is a shame but now industry standard. HP Business models do have that option. The only thing you can use with consumer models is a USB 3.0 "docking station" which is a bit of a misnomer since they are really "port replicators". However, USB 3.0 has enough bandwidth to replicate any and all ports on the laptop so they can have gigabit ethernet, good audio and even multi-monitor video that works fine. 

Something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/HP-Replicator-Docking-H1L08AA-ABA/dp/B008KMDVME

See, this one has 2 x usb 2 2 x usb 3, audio, ethernet, hdmi and displayport. It has its own power supply so when you hook up the laptop you hook up two cables to the laptop...its own power cord, and then connect this into one usb 3.0 on the laptop. Almost as quick as "snap down". 

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[mickymic]

Yea, I figured. I guess I needed someone to "break the news" about the docking station to port replicator transition. 

Thanks