I just came across this cool Kickstarter project. It's basically a minimalist docking solution allowing to plug one Mini DisplayPort, 3 x USB 3.0 and a 3.5mm audio cable into a powered hub made out of machined aluminium that connects to your Mac using a single thin ribbon cable.
Seems like the most elegant solution to date if you don't own a Thunderbolt Display and it's cool that it supports USB 3.0 unlike some other docks that keep getting pushed back.
It doesn't have Thunderbolt though, so you will only be able to output video/audio from a Thunderbolt port, but at least at £57 it's a lot more affordable than Thunderbolt docks.
The model shown is for 13"/15"/17" cMBPs but the company says they plan to make rMBP/MBA versions if the project is successful enough. They suggest backing the project anyway and changing your pledge later on if the project is successful (after which your credit card will be billed). As a rMBP owner that's what I did and hope they reach their goal.
There's also a cheaper £37 "mini" model (pictured below for comparison) but it looks kind of worthless IMO since you only have a single USB 3.0 port and no audio port. It's basically an extension. One might output its audio through mDP and use a separate USB hub though.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1710259441/new-macbook-docking-station
Seems like the most elegant solution to date if you don't own a Thunderbolt Display and it's cool that it supports USB 3.0 unlike some other docks that keep getting pushed back.
It doesn't have Thunderbolt though, so you will only be able to output video/audio from a Thunderbolt port, but at least at £57 it's a lot more affordable than Thunderbolt docks.
The model shown is for 13"/15"/17" cMBPs but the company says they plan to make rMBP/MBA versions if the project is successful enough. They suggest backing the project anyway and changing your pledge later on if the project is successful (after which your credit card will be billed). As a rMBP owner that's what I did and hope they reach their goal.
There's also a cheaper £37 "mini" model (pictured below for comparison) but it looks kind of worthless IMO since you only have a single USB 3.0 port and no audio port. It's basically an extension. One might output its audio through mDP and use a separate USB hub though.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1710259441/new-macbook-docking-station
