The Best Laptop Docking Stations to Supercharge Your Workstation

Your laptop is a great way to get work done when you're out and about, but if you need the functions of a full workstation, being hunched over a small flat keyboard can quickly get annoying. But connecting your laptop to a secondary monitor, a mouse, and a comfier keyboard can turn your desk space into a nest of tangled cables. Not to mention that many of today's laptops are designed to be as thin as possible and don't have the ports you may need to connect some peripherals. That's when it's time to get a laptop docking station.

Laptop docking stations are small boxes that sit on your desk and stay connected to your monitor (or monitors) and peripherals such as speakers, a keyboard, or a mouse. The only thing missing is your laptop, the brains of the operation. But with the right docking ...