Roger Fingas
Corsair has taken the wraps off of the new Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock, intended to cover most or all of the connections a Mac owner might want, and for the first time provide three USB-C downstream ports in one dock.
On the rear the dock is equipped with two Thunderbolt 3 connections, Gigabit Ethernet, DisplayPort, a 3.5mm audio jack, and two USB 3.1 type C ports running at 10-gigabit Gen 2 speeds. The front is equipped with two 5-gigabit USB 3.0 type A gen 1 ports, plus a headset jack and a UHS-II-capable SD/microSD slot.
The dock can handle twin 4K displays via DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 3, Elgato said. Using just the free Thunderbolt 3 connection, it supports resolutions up to 5,120 by 2,880.
On Macs the accessory has its own menu bar utility, which can eject the dock and all connected storage simultaneously.
The Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock can be preordered from Corsair or Amazon for just under $350. A ship date is unavailable.
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Normal laptops and desktops should have all these connectors integrated already so who will buy this device for 350+tax? Macbook Air users?
For that price. I would want 10G ethernet port built-in. Absent that, for my needs, and for half the price, I would prefer the new Monoprice dock featured here yesterday: https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/06/monoprice-offers-up-thunderbolt-3-usb-31-type-c-dual-displayport-docking-station
I wonder when they will start making USB-C hubs?
I'd think eventually as people switch over, they will have more than 3 USB-C devices, right? I guess eventually being the key word there.
I don't have a single USB-C device yet.. just a USB-C to USB-A adapter we use with my son's laptop to plug in USB-A thumb drives, mostly. Can you even buy many devices (besides storage devices) in USB-C? I haven't seen anything else yet. Just storage devices and docks.