Hi,
I'm in the starting block to buy a M2 Mac Mini when it (hopefully) arrives this month. To prepare I was researching Hubs to relieve the problematic shortage of ports on the Apple Silicon Minis. I don't need Thunderbolt speeds and don't want to clutter my desk with dongle-type hubs. So I came across two Hubs that seem rather useful as they can be used as stands for the Mini (saving space and looking quite nice), provide a few additional ports and have the option to install an SSD to expand storage.
1. Satechi Stand & Hub for Mac mini with SSD Enclosure
2. Qwiizlab Aluminum USB C Hub SSD Enclosure
Searching here, reddit and youtube I found a few Pros/Cons for each:
Satechi:
Pro:
- Established Brand
- new model of the Hub apparently no longer has the "disconnect-on-sleep" for attached SSDs
Con:
- Speed of the SSD enclosure is limited to about 300-350 MB/s
Qwiizlab:
Pro:
- Supports NVMe SSD and SATA SSDs (two in total)
- is able to support speed ups to 600 MB/s
Con:
- pretty unknown brand (?, to me at least)
- "disconnect-on-sleep" issue may be present, most users report no issue though
- needs additional power supply through second USB connection or power brick
I can't decide which one to buy. They're so similar. Main argument for the Qwiizlab is the speed and for the Satechi its reliability. What's your opinion on the issue? Which one did you chose?
I'm in the starting block to buy a M2 Mac Mini when it (hopefully) arrives this month. To prepare I was researching Hubs to relieve the problematic shortage of ports on the Apple Silicon Minis. I don't need Thunderbolt speeds and don't want to clutter my desk with dongle-type hubs. So I came across two Hubs that seem rather useful as they can be used as stands for the Mini (saving space and looking quite nice), provide a few additional ports and have the option to install an SSD to expand storage.
1. Satechi Stand & Hub for Mac mini with SSD Enclosure
2. Qwiizlab Aluminum USB C Hub SSD Enclosure
Searching here, reddit and youtube I found a few Pros/Cons for each:
Satechi:
Pro:
- Established Brand
- new model of the Hub apparently no longer has the "disconnect-on-sleep" for attached SSDs
Con:
- Speed of the SSD enclosure is limited to about 300-350 MB/s
Qwiizlab:
Pro:
- Supports NVMe SSD and SATA SSDs (two in total)
- is able to support speed ups to 600 MB/s
Con:
- pretty unknown brand (?, to me at least)
- "disconnect-on-sleep" issue may be present, most users report no issue though
- needs additional power supply through second USB connection or power brick
I can't decide which one to buy. They're so similar. Main argument for the Qwiizlab is the speed and for the Satechi its reliability. What's your opinion on the issue? Which one did you chose?
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