HP XB 2000 Notebook Expansion

List Price: $243.00

Features:

• Height Adjustable
• Cable Management
• Notebook Charger
• Built-in Spkrs

Customer Reviews:

Pricey But High Quality [Posted on 2006-06-07]
I got one because of a bad power jack. It seems that when you keep plugging in into the jack - eventually the jack goes bad - sometimes the repair folks want to replace the entire motherboard - well this item as well as the HP Media cable - will solve the problem because it powers the computer thru a separate slot !!
Now my computer works like its new. The raising of screen to eye level is a nice feature to have. The unit is a bit heavy though.
I just wish people knew about power jack problems and disconnect ac power at the ac adapter(unplug ac cord ) instead of at the computer.It is pricey - but to me well worth it! PS - a tip - If you use a notebook cooler(Notepal by Coolermaster ) under the notebook - it will fit in the
expansion base and raise it - so you don't have to use a wireless mouse, necessarily. You will be able to use the touchpad(otherwise - the touchpad is partly covered by the base ) - cool!!

Great view!!!!! [Posted on 2007-01-10]
I'm pleased with my expansion base, it allows me the flexibility to adjust the view of my screen while I'm working and the automatic plus is the ability to use the keyboard for typing instead of my laptop keys which are smaller.

Some reviewers are not talking about this model [Posted on 2007-01-12]
This is a great product. I use a laptop professionally. I noticed immediate relief of shoulder and elbow pain. It'well designed with GREAT sound (even though the speakers are partially blocked...it's actually really nice to play songs through this. Also, the base is very stable, yet flexible.

I had never installed one of these and yet had it running within a few minutes. Redocking now is about a 10 second process. Set your laptop down, plug it into the side port...that's it. Very simple. I like the mouse and keyboard it has...I'm sure there are superior ones out there, but these work perfectly.

Overall I have to give this a five star.

Excellent Tool but Needs a Power Adapter [Posted on 2007-05-22]
I've used it for about two years, and I like it. Does the basics, is durable, and gets the job done. But, HP does need to include a power adapter.

HP XB 2000 was a catastrophe!!!! [Posted on 2007-07-26]
I bought this for my son, who has a disability and uses a laptop with voice recognition software. Voice recognition software files are huge, and we thought the 250 gig hard drive would be a real good thing to have to back them up. Well, evidently, the XB 2000 is not compatible with the voice recognition software. As soon as he installed the base, his VRS crashed, and we haven't been able to recover it. HP phone support quite simply BITES! All the tech could tell me to do in his English-as-a-second-language accent was to run system restore, then blame the software. So now my son has lost ALL his voice user files, just in time for his first semester at college. Angry doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about this, but was glad to find out how crappy the support is before we bought another laptop from HP for the next kid.

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