Will my Port Replicator work with a new Toshiba laptop?

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"ElGordo" <nada@nothanks.org> wrote in message
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> A while back, I bought a Toshiba port replicator to dock my Portege 4010
> laptop with. I'm ready for a new Toshiba laptop now, and wanted to know
if
> the newer Toshiba laptops would work with my existing port replicator.
>
> any ideas?
>
>
Typically not. The newer laptops take different power supplies, have
different ports etc.. Now-a-days, you can simply use a USB port replicator
for most applications.

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ahh. makes sense-

thx

"Richard Johnson" <richj@remove.this.tairedd.com> wrote in message
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>
> "ElGordo" <nada@nothanks.org> wrote in message
> news:jvqdnXs5ir55DmzcRVn-iA@rcn.net...
>> A while back, I bought a Toshiba port replicator to dock my Portege 4010
>> laptop with. I'm ready for a new Toshiba laptop now, and wanted to know
> if
>> the newer Toshiba laptops would work with my existing port replicator.
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>>
> Typically not. The newer laptops take different power supplies, have
> different ports etc.. Now-a-days, you can simply use a USB port
> replicator
> for most applications.
>
>