Docking Stations

[tunester63]

My desktop (PC) died and I'm going to use may MacBook Pro (15) as a replacement. It will be on the desk about 90% of the time. Does anyone actually have one of the following docking stations? If so, thoughts, pros /cons.

Henge Dock
http://hengedocks.com/

Byte-dock
http://www.byte-dock.com/

BookEndz
http://www.bookendzdocks.com/

Deskbook Pro (Still in business?)
http://www.zemno.com/home.aspx

I guess the bottom line is would you buy again

Thanks

 

[kirky29]

I just used to use one of those BookArk things, but I have heard many good things about the Henge Docks - haven't heard of the others

http://twelvesouth.com/products/bookarc/

 

[thebritishguy]

My desktop (PC) died and I'm going to use may MacBook Pro (15) as a replacement. It will be on the desk about 90% of the time. Does anyone actually have one of the following docking stations? If so, thoughts, pros /cons.

Henge Dock
http://hengedocks.com/

Byte-dock
http://www.byte-dock.com/

BookEndz
http://www.bookendzdocks.com/

Deskbook Pro (Still in business?)
http://www.zemno.com/home.aspx

I guess the bottom line is would you buy again

Thanks

I have a henge dock for my 13" MBP, overall I like it a lot.

The only annoying factor is that the connectors (Power, USB, Headphones etc) are attached to the dock via little grub screws (allen key), so if you need to take your power cable with you you need to find the allen key, undo and then NOT lose the little adapter that fits round the magsafe connector that clips into the dock

After 3 times undoing and redoing I got fed up and bought a spare power adapter so I didnt have to keep undoing it

TBG

 

[tunester63]

kirky29

Was it a pain to take it out to turn on / off or did you leave it on most of the time?

thebritishguy

Did you have and heat issues?

 

[thebritishguy]

kirky29

Was it a pain to take it out to turn on / off or did you leave it on most of the time?

thebritishguy

Did you have and heat issues?

No heat related issues, the back vent remains mainly uncovered

TBG

 

[boarder1995]

I've been eyeing the bookendz for my future Macbook purchase since it allows the laptop to be used while "docked". Kind of a nice feature for dual screens, although it's a fair bit more costly.