Logitech Alto Notebook Stand w/Integrated Keyboard

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches ; 4.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000LVKNN2
• Item model number: 967684-0403
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,152 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
Take your notebook to new heights.

Looking for more comfort from your laptop? This adjustable stand places your notebook display at eye level while the full-sized keyboard lets you type faster and with less fatigue.  Easy to set up and easy to store, it works with virtually any notebook.

Easy to set up, easy to store. The Alto™ flips open for instant use on almost any flat surface, and folds down to a compact size for easy transport and storage. Also, the keyboard folds up over your notebook when in the stand to free up space		Notebook display riser Elevates and extends your notebook´s display to an optimal height and distance for viewing comfort. Helps you relax while making you more productive.		Enhanced comfort The full-sized keyboard lets you type faster, with less fatigue. The integrated soft palm rest provides extra wrist support, while keeping your hands away from the heat generated by the notebook.
One-touch hot keys The easy-to-use media and volume controls give you instant access to your digital music. Additional hot keys provide quick access to your favorite applications, folders, and web pages.		Multipurpose USB hub Three high-speed USB 2.0 ports add instant connectivity for your favorite peripherals—including cordless mice, webcams, printers, and external drives.		Works with virtually any notebook Use it with your current laptop—and with your next one.

Specifications

• Laptop / Notebook PC (up to 9 lbs weight)
• Windows® 2000, XP™ or Vista™, or Mac OS X
• Available USB port

Note: The use of USB devices with high power requirements may require an external power adapter

Dimensions

• Height (thickness):
  • Keyboard: 22.2 mm
  • Closed: 35.7 mm
• Width: 427.8 mm
• Depth (front to rear)
  • Open: 486.1 mm
  • Closed: 237.0 mm

Package Contents

• Logitech® Alto™ keyboard
• User's guide
• 5-year limited hardware warranty

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This thing is so great I had to write a review!, April 11, 2007

By	Bob "Bob" (USA) - See all my reviews

This device works exactly as advertised. The keyboard, while not quite as nice as my regular PC keyboard, is ten times better than any laptop keyboard.

Anyone who needs to use their laptop to do some serious typing at a remote location should order one of these things immediately!

You may also use this at home if you are too cheap to buy separate a monitor and keyboard for your notebook, but the separate keyboard and monitor, along with a docking station, is the better solution for those who can afford it and have the space to leave it permanently set up.

Some caveats: (1) It takes up a lot more desk space than just using your laptop computer by itself; (2) the no skid pad, while effectively preventing the keyboard from skidding, is a real dirt magnet; (3) although it folds easily for storage, it's pretty heavy so it's not something you would carry around all the time--it weighs more than twice as much as my little Sony Vaio; (4) the power adapter, which is only needed if you want to power up the built-in USB hub, is NOT included.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work w/ all laptops (read my review!), August 13, 2007

By	Min Choi "minboost" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Now I see why some people hate this and some people love it. If it worked properly, I'd be pretty happy and it would be 4 stars instead of 3.

THIS DOESN'T WORK WITH ALL LAPTOPS. If the front bottom edge of your laptop is tapered (like my Toshiba Satellite), then it will slide off the little rubber bumper that is supposed to hold up the computer! If you have a Dell, Thinkpad, Macbook, etc, then this should work fine because the bottom edge of those are very square.

The Good:
*Attractive design, nice materials (the palm rest is soft, magnetic "latch" to keep it closed, etc).
*Makes working for long periods of time much easier.

The Bad:
*Doesn't work with all laptops and doesn't tell you that until you open the box and find out the hard way - This is the main reason I only gave it 3 stars.
*The Esc and Function keys are smaller and lower than normal, making it harder to hit them without messing up your flow. This is a big deal for someone who uses those keys alot (like for photoshop actions or just using escape to get passed alert boxes).

For the money, you can get a regular usb keyboard and a seperate laptop stand that, overall, will be more functional and not have the same shortcomings as this product. But it probably won't be as visually attractive if you did it that way. Still, it sucks having to hack something you just bought to get it to work right (with my Toshiba).

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great stand, major flaw, August 4, 2007

By	K. Hawkins - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The stand works great, the keyboard works great, it was just what I was looking for to allow me to work with my laptop for long periods of time.

But. It looks like the powered hub is really screwed up, and THAT'S why the power adapter is unavailable. You plug power into the keyboard and the keyboard shuts down. No keyboard, no hub. That's what happened to me when I used a universal power adapter.

If this is true, I'm VERY disappointed in Logitech - that they would "solve" this problem by hiding all the power adapters, instead of admitting and fixing the real problem.