i want a thinkpad docking station really bad now

the hdmi port on this thinkpad is very glitchy, my monitor keeps blanking every 10 seconds or so and there are random flickering pixels shifting around, and it does not matter which resolution or refresh rate i am using (it is not the monitor or the cable, ive tried at least 4 cables and 3 monitors)

@kemona_halftau good thing you have the last generation of thinkpad to have a mechanical docking port, and those docks are really cheap now (like £10 or less) because they're not compatible with anything newer

@noisytoot still, it is sad they got rid of it on newer models

@kemona_halftau I liked the docking port, but on the other hand, the advantage of thunderbolt/usb-c docks is that they work with any laptop with a thunderbolt/usb-c port rather than having to have a separate one for each kind of laptop. also there is actually a side docking connector on the newer models that I forgot about (it's just a thunderbolt port next to a proprietary ethernet port), although I've never used it and I can't imagine it's as nice to use as the older docks (you certainly wouldn't be able to just lift the laptop out of it since the connector is on the side)