I recently purchase an Inspiron 9300 laptop (my first laptop). I would like to use a normal sized keyboard, mouse, and monitor when at my desk (which is most of the time)and so am trying to sort out the options. My first thought was a docking station, but noticed that Dell doesn't carry a docking station for this laptop model (at least none I could find) . Are there third party products that would work for this? Is this a good way to go? Alternatively, the laptop has built-in bluetooth wireless. Would a bluetooth keyboard and mouse work with this, and (assuming so) perform reasonably well? If so, I'm not sure there would be much advantage to a docking station. With regard to the monitor, there appears to be connectors on the back for an external monitor (both DVI and analog). Will the laptop automatically recognize it if I plug one in, or are there some software settings that need to be made also? I apologize for the basic questions. I'm new to this so it's not all that obvious (yet). Thanks for any help. Pat