Echo 15 Thunderbolt Dock

[sfwalter]

This looks like an impressive thunderbolt dock http://www.sonnettech.com/product/echo15thunderboltdock.html.

Unlike the Belkin dock they are taking preorders for shipment in the summer.

 

[dan5.5]

Looks pretty impressive.

 

[Crzyrio]

If your looking a dock for your rMBP, this is the best one imo.

http://hengedocks.com/order_horizontal_dock.php

I only hope it materializes and wish they made one for the cMBP as well

 

[paulrbeers]

This looks like an impressive thunderbolt dock http://www.sonnettech.com/product/echo15thunderboltdock.html.

Unlike the Belkin dock they are taking preorders for shipment in the summer.

Pretty impressive. It looks like the eSATA ports support port multiplier since it states it supports "multi-drive storage systems" which is very important to me. I also like that it can house a 3.5" drive as well. I would have liked to have seen a couple DVI/HDMI ports on it as well, but overall I am pretty impressed. Base price is $400 which is a little rough, but I might pick one up.

Edit: Just wish it was silver and not black.

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If your looking a dock for your rMBP, this is the best one imo.

http://hengedocks.com/order_horizontal_dock.php

I only hope it materializes and wish they made one for the cMBP as well


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Problem with that one, is that it only works with the rMBP and only this particular chasis. What happens if Apple changes the design of the rMBP?

 

[GizmoDVD]

This looks like an impressive thunderbolt dock http://www.sonnettech.com/product/echo15thunderboltdock.html.

Unlike the Belkin dock they are taking preorders for shipment in the summer.

That is pretty bad-ass. I might have to get one.

 

[utekineir]

If your looking a dock for your rMBP, this is the best one imo.

http://hengedocks.com/order_horizontal_dock.php

I only hope it materializes and wish they made one for the cMBP as well


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eta: right around the time you're looking for an upgrade.

i'd prefer something that stays useful for multiple machines.

 

[theluggage]

I would have liked to have seen a couple DVI/HDMI ports on it as well,

Sadly, that seems to be a limitation of Thunderbolt: only one display device per peripheral - and that includes driving a legacy device through the Thunderbolt-out socket.

So they could put DVI/HDMI on, like Matrox did with their dock, but then you wouldn't be able to hang a DisplayPort monitor off the TB-out socket (the Matrox dock doesn't have TB-out).

It wouldn't be so bad if they could make it switchable between HDMI/DVI and DisplayPort-via-Thunderbolt - you couldn't run two legacy monitors at once but you could plug in one Apple TB display and one legacy monitor. You could also use a cheapskate TB device that didn't daisy chain without losing your display output. However, since both Matrox and Belkin have barfed on that I guess it isn't easy.

If it were possible, it would be better to provide a second Mini DisplayPort since there are affordable adapters from that to HDMI, DVI, full DisplayPort and VGA.

That aside, they should offer a BluRay writer version (If you're spending $400 on a dock why pinch pennies?) and a no-optical version that could take a second 2.5" HD in the optical slot.