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> > Did you tell him you wanted to pu the monitor on top of the unit? If not > how is he supposd to mind read. Oh come on! A guy calls a sales rep, and orders a laptop, a monitor and a docking station. You really expect him to have to tell the rep "I am going to put the monitor on top of the docking station"??? If the sales rep had had any sense of anticipation and knowledge of his products, he could have told me that I needed something additionnal. I agree with you that it is a good idea to look at what's available before ordering, but there are some things that are just not obvious enough... Here is the complete product desciption of the Dock II as it appears on www.pc.ibm.com. Tell me, does anything here suggest that you will not be able to put a monitor on top of the Dock II alone? Dock II: The feature-rich, full-function desktop unit When you're away from the office, the portability of your ThinkPad makes your life easier. When you get back to your desk, portability takes a back seat to power. No problem -- that's where the ThinkPad Dock II, along with your choice of supported peripheral devices and expansion cards, comes into play. The Dock II gives you the right combination of features to convert your ThinkPad into a powerful desktop system. The Dock II also offers two full-length 16-bit ISA slots; built-in PCMCIA card slots; two 5.25-inch storage bays for IDE or SCSI-2 devices such as CD-ROM or hard disk drives; cable management with a full complement of ports; multimedia and business audio support with built-in stereo speakers, audio in/out jacks, a headphone jack and a volume control dial; and security for your notebook and PCMCIA cards, including a slot for an optional cable lock. Dock II is Plug and Play-ready. Dock II offers hot/warm docking and undocking of your ThinkPad, so you can access SCSI storage, PCMCIA or attached peripheral devices while in a power-on or suspended state...usually without rebooting your notebook. With its fail-safe docking mechanisms, Dock II provides a high degree of data loss protection. Most likely, you will want to complement your Dock II with an external keyboard and an external monitor. Dock II, keyboards and monitors are all available in handsome black. The IDE Conversion Card (part number 46H5994) lets you use IDE devices in Dock II when your Dock II is connected to PCI bus systems. Eric -- Eric Trepanier (514-391-8126) Bell Sygma Telecom Solutions Internet: etrepani@qc.bell.ca