ThinkPad UltraBase

IBM UltraBase The IBM UltraBase is a portable dock for the ThinkPad 570 providing extra ports as well as the originally missing drives and a set of stereo speakers. Together with the ThinkPad it forms a solid unit approximately double the height of the ThinkPad alone. Containing a builtin floppy drive and a UltraSlimBay slot, it provides flexibility in drive choice. Furthermore, the UltraBases floppy is exchangable with a second battery of the same type as the one in the notebook to extend the mobile working time. It also features a second docking port, enabling one to dock the combined unit onto a port replicator or full dock. Features 1x USB 1x Line out 1x MIDI/Game 1x Floppy disk drive, exchangeable with second battery 1x UltraSlimBay slot 1x docking port Stereo speakers Kensington security hole Pros & Cons Positives: Expansion capability, portable Negatives: makes the ThinkPad quite thick Compatibility: 570 Warranty: Three Years (?)

UltraSlimBay

The UltraSlimBay slot in this dock is a full featured one and supports warm swapping with all UltraSlimBay drives. However, the UltraSlimBay battery pack is NOT supported.