Simple and less expensive way to have a docking system. Use my L13 Yoga in tablet mode for monitor and computer and have second monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers plugged into dock. Very adequate for workstation at both home and office.
With the Mini Dock connected to my Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 1 AMD, my monitor is not detected when connected to the Mini Dock's USB-C port (with an USB-C to DisplayPort cable) or to its HDMI port. My X13 has the latest BIOS, and the Mini Dock the latest firmware, still no success. My monitor works perfectly when connected directly to the X13 either through USB-C or HDMI.
USB-A and Ethernet work fine with the Mini Dock, but it is very disappointing not to be able to connect video. I haven't tried the VGA port, don't care about it.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from lenovo.comBy Adrian_Lenovo, Customer Service, February 25, 2021
Lenovo appreciates all feedback and thank you for taking the time to rate and review our product! We apologize for any inconvenience. Also, please refer to our Technical Support at https://support.lenovo.com/ca/en/.
Needed to RMA my first dock as a firmware upgrade made it incompatible with my monitor for some strange reason. Second dock was newer and less problematic but I still ran into issues where the ethernet port would randomly drop for ~5 sec. Ended up needing to buy a separate USB ethernet adapter.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from lenovo.comBy Adrian_Lenovo, Customer Service, February 18, 2021
Lenovo appreciates all feedback and thank you for taking the time to rate and review our product! We apologize for your inconvenience. Also, please refer to our Technical Support at https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/.
this device would only be useful if your laptop does not have HDMI or VGA, I was able to obtain the same setup simply by plugging in my mouse, keyboard, and monitor directly into my laptop
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from lenovo.comBy Adrian_Lenovo, Customer Service, January 25, 2021
Lenovo appreciates all feedback and thank you for taking the time to rate and review our product! We apologize for any inconvenience. Also, please check out more options on our website at https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/pc and contact our sales team for assistance at 1-855-253-6686.