I bought this product after replacing a desktop PC with a laptop. I wanted to continue using my keyboard combination / screen / normal mice and more comfortable at home than what the laptop allows. The notebook is equipped with a USB3 Port (recommended for HD) this solution was perfect: 1 cable and everything is connected. There are actually two cables to be connected to the PC: the USB3 cable from the docking station and the power cable from the PC ... but it even leaves the dock. And it is here that is great is that diet is also integrated in the docking station. It comes with a series of connectors for powering almost any notebook PC, careful though power is "only" 90W, if your PC is more expensive, it will feed it with his original power, except that everything is operational. Understand that this station may seem expensive, though Amazon sells it at a very low price, but equipped with a range of additional devices to your PC, double screen graphics (HDMI and DVI-I) usable up full HD (2x1920x1080) is added to your existing internal card, same for map son.L'adaptateur DVI -> VGA is also provided. For a USB3 port used on your laptop by the docking station, you get two USB 3 ports and 4 USB ports including 2 2 overpowered. The docking station is powered independently of the PC can also be used as charging base for USB accessories. The base is equipped with a switch for the practice cut when it is not necessary to feed it.
Finally, the laptop came with Windows 8, and the base is installed without problem, the Windows 8.1 update has not been a real problem in the days Targus drivers exist on the site: [...]