intimately 600 days have slip by since we first pass out over Belkin ’s Thunderbolt Express Dockall the way back in September 2011 . ( Really , it ’s been 595 days , but who ’s count ? ) Well today , thelong - promised , andlong - delayedmulti - port wine I / O hub for Macs is a thing you could actually grease one’s palms . It ’s available this morning at Belkin.com for $ 300 .
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OK , so the Thunderbolt Express Dock is really just a tiptop - libertine hub adequate to of touch base all of your desktop cables to your calculator with a single telegram . But it ’s no small deal . Apple inaugurate Thunderbolt ports to Macs back in February 2011 , and there are n’t many Cartesian product out there that take reward of the touchstone ’s simultaneous 10 Gbps upstream / downstream potential . you’re able to purchase a couple of hard drives , Apple ’s $ 1000 Thunderbolt display , but that ’s about it . That ’s STILL true today , just like it was in 2011 . The Express Dock is a ( semi)-affordable convenience that basically anyone can gain from .
Now that it ’s here , here ’s what you get . The docking facility ’s backside is pocked with ports that funnel in and then connect to your calculator with a individual Thunderbolt cable : three USB 3.0 slots , Firewire 800 , a Gigabit ethernet jack , 3.5 millimeter audio stimulant and yield , and two ( ! ) Thunderbolt inputs for your daisy - chaining pleasure ( one up , one down ) .
Desktop cable clutter , go . Can a single cable television really handle all that I / atomic number 8 ? We ’ll believe nothing about the Express Dock until we see it with our oculus . Here ’s hoping . [ Belkin ]
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