How to Choose a USB-C Dock Docking stations used to be proprietary accessories that locked onto a laptop, not only expanding its ports but also providing additional heft to smaller computers. Some docks added CD-ROMs and other mechanical features. While some more traditional docks persist, most laptops neither need them nor are they designed to use them. Modern docks tend to … [Read more...] about Serious Insights Buyers Guide: How to Choose a USB-C Dock
USB-C Hubs
Satechi USB-C Multiport MX Adapter Review: An Resourceful M1 USB-C Dock That Brings All The Right Ports to Mac, iPads and other USB-C powered devices
Satechi USB-C Multiport MX Adapter Review M1 Apple devices were designed for powerful computing, with a lower power drain than competitive products. Those powerful M1 chips, while increasingly showing up in port-heavy designs, might still benefit from a mobile USB-C dock that pushes it just a little more over the edge. Satechi knows Apple’s Mac market as well as any company, … [Read more...] about Satechi USB-C Multiport MX Adapter Review: An Resourceful M1 USB-C Dock That Brings All The Right Ports to Mac, iPads and other USB-C powered devices
Satechi USB-C Hybrid Multiport Adapter Review: A Great Mobile USB-C Adapter with Hidden Storage
Satechi USB-C Hybrid Multiport Adapter Review If you only have one USB-C port, you need a USB-C adaptor that will deliver the ports you need to get your work done. That usually means a monitor and at least one USB-A port for memory sticks. But what if the USB-C adaptor also doubles as external SSD storage. Enter the USB-C Hybrid Multiport Adapter, one of Satechi’s … [Read more...] about Satechi USB-C Hybrid Multiport Adapter Review: A Great Mobile USB-C Adapter with Hidden Storage
VisionTek VT4510 USB-C Docking Station Review: The Ultimate USB-C Desktop Dock
I seriously love the $299 VisionTek VT4510 Dual Display 4K USB 3.0 / USB-C Docking Station with 100W Power Delivery, despite its long name. The dock has quickly become my primary interface to evaluation laptops over the last several weeks. It isn’t moving anytime soon.  I plug one USB-C cable into an evaluation laptop, and almost everything else just clicks in. Dual monitors … [Read more...] about VisionTek VT4510 USB-C Docking Station Review: The Ultimate USB-C Desktop Dock
Twelve South StayGo Mini USB-C Hub Review: 4 Perfect Ports to Perk Up an iPad Pro
Twelve South StayGo Mini USB-C Hub Review Twelve South isn’t just a cool case manufacturer, they are also a peripheral maker. They have taken a queue from the Twelve South StayGo 11 port USB-C hub and shrunk it down to an, even more, portable size. Yes, a few ports were dropped along the way, but the new Twelve South StayGo Mini USB-C Hub includes just the right ports for … [Read more...] about Twelve South StayGo Mini USB-C Hub Review: 4 Perfect Ports to Perk Up an iPad Pro