As with the notebook dock, the notebook Stand will have multiple ports, although not as many. For the stand, you will slide the PC into the stand closed. You would use your computer’s processing power, and have access to the SD card reader. The bottom of the stnad will be an NVME 2280 slot. In the back, you will find a display port, RJ45-10GBPS port, and 8 USB4 ports. Unless you use bluetooth, you would have to plug in your keyboard, and mouse. If you have the optical drive, that will also plug into the USB port. Any Senitrus monitor will work with the stand, and if you have only HDMI, then you would need an USB-HDMI adapter.