If your laptop is your primary work machine then you'll end up spending a fair amount of time hunched over it - which isn't exactly good for your back, let alone your posture. Logitech's Alto stand allows you to raise the screen up, so it's at a more natural height and also includes a full keyboard for, it claims, better typing …
For the price, it would have been nice to include a port replicator rather than a USB hub and wouldn't use an additional space on the back from what I can see. I don't want to moan about lack of legacy support in modern hardware but I would think that the majority of users would still need a parallel printer port.
I don't really see this as a ground breaker, not at that price anyway, you can buy a stand for your laptop that is fully adjustable for any angle/height and a normal USB logitech keyboard for around half the price of this, which is exactly what i have done!
They never account for the use of manufacturer docking stations and without these any cables that are plugged into the laptop are unsupported and place unnecessary strain on both the cable and the connector.
I bought the Alto ($70) for my ThinkPad X60 and by the end of the week the Alto became a permanent resident on my junk pile. Why, it does not even have a trackpad; you cannot use it on your lap as you need a sturdy surface to hold it; and it's heavy! All and all it's a POS. I'd rate it at 30% and one should not buy it even if it were selling for $10.
BTW, this is the third product I bought made by Logitech. I will unlikely to buy anything from them again.
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Logitech Alto keyboard and laptop stand
If your laptop is your primary work machine then you'll end up spending a fair amount of time hunched over it - which isn't exactly good for your back, let alone your posture. Logitech's Alto stand allows you to raise the screen up, so it's at a more natural height and also includes a full keyboard for, it claims, better typing …
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Posted Friday 11th May 2007 14:39 GMT
Daniel A Johansson
Doesn't work with macbook pro #
Unfortunaly the stand doesn't work very well with the macbook pro.
The screen on the macbook pro doesn't open enough and since there is no adjusting the angle on the alto the screen ends up pointing slightly down.
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DaJ
Posted Friday 11th May 2007 14:39 GMT
Anonymous Coward
It's not a docking station. #
But it could just as easily be.
For the price, it would have been nice to include a port replicator rather than a USB hub and wouldn't use an additional space on the back from what I can see. I don't want to moan about lack of legacy support in modern hardware but I would think that the majority of users would still need a parallel printer port.
Posted Friday 11th May 2007 14:39 GMT
Jez Oldfield
Pointless... #
I don't really see this as a ground breaker, not at that price anyway, you can buy a stand for your laptop that is fully adjustable for any angle/height and a normal USB logitech keyboard for around half the price of this, which is exactly what i have done!
Posted Friday 11th May 2007 15:29 GMT
andy
Re: Doesn't work with macbook pro #
"Unfortunaly the stand doesn't work very well with the macbook pro.
The screen on the macbook pro doesn't open enough and since there is no adjusting the angle on the alto the screen ends up pointing slightly down."
...and it'll block the DVD drive (although it would probably trash your disks if you tried to use it at that angle anyway...)
Posted Tuesday 15th May 2007 03:19 GMT
David Jenkins
Hopeless #
Devices like this annoy me!
They never account for the use of manufacturer docking stations and without these any cables that are plugged into the laptop are unsupported and place unnecessary strain on both the cable and the connector.
Big thumbs down!
Posted Monday 21st May 2007 19:55 GMT
Raymond
80%? You're too generous #
I bought the Alto ($70) for my ThinkPad X60 and by the end of the week the Alto became a permanent resident on my junk pile. Why, it does not even have a trackpad; you cannot use it on your lap as you need a sturdy surface to hold it; and it's heavy! All and all it's a POS. I'd rate it at 30% and one should not buy it even if it were selling for $10.
BTW, this is the third product I bought made by Logitech. I will unlikely to buy anything from them again.
Posted Tuesday 22nd May 2007 13:48 GMT
Anthony
Umm... #
@Raymond: I sincerely hope you're being sarcastic, or simply trolling for the fun of it.
I would've thought it obvious the thing is designed to be used on a desk.
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