Connect HP Docking Stn to Macbook with Expansion Cable Connector?

Hello
I have an HP xB4 docking station with an Expansion Cable Connector. I have a macbook pro which doesn't have a slot that the docking station cord fits into. Does anyone know if there is a converter or something that I could use so I can use the dock?
Thankyou for any info...

No. It would be pointless for anyone to make an adapter for the cable. The adapter would have to connect separately to every port on the MBP, and combine all of those cables into one connector that the docking station would plug into. No one would want to make all those connections every time they came home with their notebook computer and sat down to use it. If one were going to do that, why not just plug the peripherals themselves into the computer and save $250?
HP evidently provides a unique proprietary port on its notebooks for the docking station to connect to. That's a very nice feature for the few users who will ever buy docking stations, but for everyone else it just adds cost, size, weight, and one more thing that can break or be damaged.

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