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More than two years after Thunderbolt launched, and almost as long since this product was first vaunted, the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock has finally gone into production. It’s a very neat and versatile docking solution, a potential dream come true...
'It just works'...
Notable shortfall in USB performance...
The Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock was worth the wait. It's not the cheapest of the two available solutions now on the market today, but it is the more versatile with its Thunderbolt pass-through function. When a dock like this ‘just works' as intended...
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The Belkin Thunderbolt Dock adds a selection of extra ports to Thunderbolt-equipped Macs. It costs a lot especially once the Thunderbolt cable is added, but it has three USB3 ports compared to just one on Matrox DS1 Thunderbolt dock. However, their speed...
Adds useful expansion ports, More Thunderbolt devices!, Provides for quick connections...
Incapable of full USB3 speed...
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Need more ports on your Mac? Your wish is Belkin’s command, , although it comes with a catch or two. Designed to blend in with an Apple computer of pretty much any kind (provided it’s covered or built in the Apple hallmark aluminium), Belkin’s Thunde...
No software needed; Brings back Firewire and Ethernet to a Mac computer; Blends in with the style of an iMac or MacBook Pro;...
Lacks a Thunderbolt cable; Relocates all the ports annoyingly at the back; Won't charge an iPad; Expensive;...
We wish the design were refined to make the ports easier to use from the front, but the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock does work well, and without extra software or drivers. It even blends in with Apple’s design, which is a bonus for people who love...
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Apple WWDC If the word from the Apple WWDC is to be believed, we're just months away from hooking up all our peripherals using Thunderbolt 2 cables. Funny that, as I thought this was supposed to happen when the original Thunderbolt ports appeared on Macs...
So Belkin has pulled it off at last, but at £250 what you seem to be paying for is a lot of stuff you used to have once upon a time – FireWire 800, Ethernet, multiple USB ports. Lest we forget, just daisy-chaining the Express Dock to a Thunderbolt drive...
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If your sports Apple’s new super-fast Thunderbolt connector, lets you connect to everything on your desk with a single cable.Belkin’s Thunderbolt dock acts as the high-speed middleman between your (or more likely ) and all your desktop accessories...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated: 2014-04-13 01:14:13
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The Belkin Thunderbolt Dock adds a selection of extra ports to Thunderbolt-equipped Macs. It costs a lot especially once the Thunderbolt cable is added, but it has three USB3 ports compared to just one on Matrox DS1 Thunderbolt dock.However, their speed i...
Adds useful expansion ports, More Thunderbolt devices!, Provides for quick connections...
Incapable of full USB3 speed...
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What the hell is this thing? Why does it cost so freaking much, and why the hell do I want it so much? I can't explain it…A massive docking station for your Thunderbolt-enabled Mac laptop.From left to right, it's packing an Ethernet port, a Firewire port...
It's clunky, it's expensive and it's not great value, so why do I still want to part with the better part of $400 for it? Why? Is it because Belkin has tapped into the Apple zeitgeist perfectly with this thing? Maybe. Is it because it gives me more access...
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As a MacBook Pro user, I can attest to the hassle of plugging and unplugging keyboards, headphones, ethernet cables, and external hard drives every time I arrive at and leave the office. The Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock should make things a bit easier:...
Lots of connection options, Two Thunderbolt ports for daisy chaining Thunderbolt peripherals...
Thunderbolt cable not included...
Owners of Thunderbolt-equipped Mac portables tired of plugging and unplugging peripherals each time they arrive and leave the office should consider the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock. It's a bit pricey, but the dock's many and varied connections can re...
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After over a year of waiting, Belkin has finally released its Thunderbolt Express Dock. It was originally announced last year in January and was slated for a September 2012 release, but that obviously never happened. However, Belkin just launched the $...
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Laptops are often used like desktop computers, with external devices such as displays, hard drives, and printers plugged into the ports. When you need to use your laptop as a mobile device, you have to spend time plugging and unplugging those devices—a si...
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I admit it—I'm a dirty, dirty Mac user. The mid-2011 13" MacBook Air I picked up about two years ago has been the best laptop I've ever owned, and I haul it with me everywhere. It has enough battery power to get me through the day along with enough RAM fo...
Extends the usable life of portlimited Ultrabooks like the MacBook Air by enabling them to work with all kinds of USB 3.0 accessories, Totally seamless plugnplay functionality in OS X, Thunderbolt provides plenty of bandwidth for using all the dock's port...
Thunderbolt's powered cables mean that the dock requires external power to operate, killing its mobility, Adding insult to injury and tying it further to the desk, it comes with a giant power brick, Using the dock's USB 3.0 functionality in Windows requir...
Whether or not the Thunderbolt Express Dock looks like an attractive purchase to you is likely predicated on whether or not you have a computer that is both equipped with Thunderbolt and also lacking in other ports. If you have a port-starved, Thunderbolt...
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