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The battery cover has a small window, so that the battery status can still be viewed. The primary battery is housed on the top side of the MediaBase, and obviously, the extended life battery will not be able to fit in the docking station. Because the MediaBase has an ethernet port replicator, the ethernet jack on the laptop is blocked off. The left side of the system is the release clip to the docking station and the docking station's subwoofer. The front of MediaBase reveals a few buttons (left to right): undock, power on, mute, and volume up and down.
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The VGA-port is blocked because it is replicated on the back of the docking station. This would depend on the additional modular bay purchase made. Our system came with a DVD-ROM, which can be switched easily enough to a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive, or a DVD+RW drive. The right side reveals the MediaBase modular bay. The extended life battery works better as a solution away from the docking station. Additionally, it does make the system look a bit odd, and our own preference is the primary battery. It also makes it harder to see and use the ports on the back. Its use limits the 180 degree range of the screen. As shown below, X300's 14.8V 4.4AH extended life battery is much wider than the primary battery. Our system also came with a second battery, which provides more battery life than the primary X300 battery. The use of MediaBase also adds Gigabit ethernet support.
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The MediaBase brings additional ports including a serial port and a PS/2 mouse port that the X300 doesn't provide, clearly due to space issues. A docking station in the case of an ultraportable system provides more than just port replication for the system. Dell also sent along the X300's MediaBase docking station.