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Belkin Launches New USB-C Multiport Hub Designed for Macs
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The Command Strip thing I actually like.
It takes that ugly of a hack to point out how much the "thinness at all cost" requirement cost the 24" iMac in usability.
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Remember back in the USB-A days when "hub" meant expanding one USB-A port to several (usually 4 or 7) USB-A ports?
Now "hub" means "take a USB-C port and expand it into an SD-card reader, some bad HDMI ports, and a USB-C port that is subtly worse than the one you started with."
Electronics companies: People want a one USB-C port to many USB-C port hub with no extraneous nonsense.
Now "hub" means "take a USB-C port and expand it into an SD-card reader, some bad HDMI ports, and a USB-C port that is subtly worse than the one you started with."
Electronics companies: People want a one USB-C port to many USB-C port hub with no extraneous nonsense.
The Belkin one has a stick on base, but the hub itself is removable from that base. Didn't you read the article?
You mean the part of the article that says "It mounts to the back of an iMac or other computer using two 3M Command strips, and there's a quick release button in case you need to use the hub on the go. It supports transfer speeds of up to 10Gb/s."
The 3M strips make it compatible with Macbook Pros / Airs / iPads. It can restore ports to lots of Apple products! Who wants to go first sticking it to the back of their Macbook Pro?
Why is it that a non-portable computer like the iMac, has such a pathetic choice of IO ports? Why omit the SD slot? WHERE IS THE SENSE? Why omit the network port from the chassis? Why omit USB A? Same for some portable macs really, even an SD slot wouldnt make the laptop any thicker, surely? It’s just bollsock!
I still use my 6s because I refuse to use an iphone with a dongle for my favourite headphones. Im just not interested in buying airpods or anything wireless, it’s nothing but wasteful bollsock! I’ve had these earphones for years, they’re comfy and sound great. I’ll know I’ll need to move away from what I think has become crApple, eventually. I’ve been using macs since the 80s FFS.
Linux it seems is my only option, old phone, music player, compact camera and a fecking road atlas!
I still use my 6s because I refuse to use an iphone with a dongle for my favourite headphones. Im just not interested in buying airpods or anything wireless, it’s nothing but wasteful bollsock! I’ve had these earphones for years, they’re comfy and sound great. I’ll know I’ll need to move away from what I think has become crApple, eventually. I’ve been using macs since the 80s FFS.
Linux it seems is my only option, old phone, music player, compact camera and a fecking road atlas!
This is the thing that keeps me interested in the mac studio. The biggest problem I have with my current iMac (intel) is the lack of usb c/thunderbolt ports. The whole thing is annoying!
Even on my MacBook Pro m1 you only have 2. And unlike usb 3/A it’s just so difficult to extend these ports. I’ve got usb a hubs with 10 ports, I think it would be a miracle to find a usb c hub with more than 2 for under £200. And now every product seems to come with usb c (cameras etc.. ) it feels like where running into a usb c epidemic..
So the studio with 6 ports and a card reader seems to solve everything. Even 3 ports on the MacBook Pro doesn’t seem enough anymore for me.
I’d never have thought that USB ports and a card reader would ever be the main consideration for me buying a new computer. It feels kind of backward for 2022, but here we are…
WTFurlongs? No ethernet? Arguably best dongle-com power going.
Belkin today announced the launch of a new $70 Connect USB-C 6-in-1 Multiport Hub with Mount, which is compatible with the iMac, Apple's MacBooks, PCs, and other USB-C devices.
The Hub is designed to be mounted to the back of a monitor, computer stand, or monitor base, and tucked away from view. It features two USB-A ports, one USB-C port, one SD card slot, and a microSD card reader.
It mounts to the back of an iMac or other computer using two 3M Command strips, and there's a quick release button in case you need to use the hub on the go. It supports transfer speeds of up to 10Gb/s.
Belkin today also introduced the $80 USB-C 5-in-1 Multiport Adapter. Though designed for Chromebooks, the adapter is compatible with Macs, offering two USB-A ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port, an HDMI port that supports one 4K display at 60Hz, and an 86W USB-C power delivery port.
Both the new Connect Multiport Adapter and Multiport Hub can be purchased from the Belkin website.
Article Link: Belkin Launches New USB-C Multiport Hub Designed for Macs
I've been using something similar from Satechi since the M1 Mini came out. Have the Mini mounted under my desk and the hub attached to the back of my desk with velcro. When not in use it's completely out of the way and hidden.
Maybe they should put more ports on their computers so that neither the hub nor magnets are needed.
I say this as someone who has owned Macs since the 68040 days.
With my iPad Mini6 hub with SD/Micro SD/Ethernet/HDMI/USB type 4 is da thing, man likely for MacBook/iMac too
Mine has to be mobile so velcro it is - I really have a problem with a hub sliding all over.I've been using something similar from Satechi since the M1 Mini came out. Have the Mini mounted under my desk and the hub attached to the back of my desk with velcro. When not in use it's completely out of the way and hidden.
Two USB-A, one USB-C, and a dual SD card slot for $70? Really? If this was some super-snazzy solid chunk of aluminum or something, maybe, but this isn't even nice looking, and it's certainly not offering anything worth a 2-3x premium over similar things from decent 2nd-tier brand companies. You can get a hub that has all that plus an HDMI port from Anker for like $35 list.
Maybe this was snark that went over my head, but every Mac Apple sells has a 3.5mm headphone port, so I'm unclear on why (if you're using it with a Mac) you'd care if a hub had one.
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For those interested in hubs with multiple downstream USB-C ports, here's an article listing a number of them: https://dancharblog.wordpress.com/2020/12/08/10-usb-c-hubs-with-2-or-more-usb-c-downstream-ports/
My only gripe with these usb-c hubs is the bulk around the usb-c plug into your device. The Apple ones are slim but all these manufacturers keep making them thick and bulky. If your device has a case, these bulky connectors are nearly impossible to plug in.
Good. But would have been nice if it was launched in colours similar to the iMac.
A Mac mini with 4 USB-C ports plus 2 USB-A ports would be perfect. Basically, they would just need to replace the "high end" model they are selling now with one with the same number of ports.
Or maybe on a desktop computer they should just include all the ports that most people may use so you don’t need to add a dock.