Could you point me to the cheap TB3 car parts the rest of the world would like to buy?
How did you equate my response to something that implied that there were thunderbolt accessories for cars?
Could you point me to the cheap TB3 car parts the rest of the world would like to buy?
That may well be the case but what use is a machine with a single USB-C Port.
Apple are completely inflexible these days when it comes to the Mac range.
In days gone past Apple would have provided ports for older hardware such as Firewire 400 and Firewire 800.
The older Retina MacBook Pro Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3 and traditional keyboard is infinitely more productive.
The latest Touchbar, USB-C MacBook Pro is a ladies handbag abomination.
Typed on a Late-2009 iMac
OLDER MACS ARE BETTER.
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For those concerned about the hissing noise I mentioned, OWC tells me their engineers have identified the source of it and are working on a solution.
$300 for ports. Good thing the laptop itself is so cheap...
That may well be the case but what use is a machine with a single USB-C Port.
Apple are completely inflexible these days when it comes to the Mac range.
In days gone past Apple would have provided ports for older hardware such as Firewire 400 and Firewire 800.
The older Retina MacBook Pro Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3 and traditional keyboard is infinitely more productive.
The latest Touchbar, USB-C MacBook Pro is a ladies handbag abomination.
Typed on a Late-2009 iMac
OLDER MACS ARE BETTER.
People bang on about dongles... why dongle just get the cable you need usb-c to whatever is needed... they are all cheap.
It is not Apple issue. Hey, Intel has to make some $... Right?
Thunderbolt 3 docks for PC (Dell, Lenovo, and etc) cost about same.
Any docks that support over 60 watts?![]()
Yes, the Caldigit TS3. New orders don't ship til July, though.
Their website still says "Mid May 2017" next to pre-oder button.
http://www.caldigit.com/thunderbolt-3-dock/
The table at the bottom of page still have shipping as late Q1 2017. That is more than blown at this point. Wonder if the delays completely threw off the timing with the contract factories ( who had to move onto other clients with stuff that could ship) or that demand is unexpectedly that high (even after had readjusted order start times this Spring).
- devices with captive cables (e.g. I use an Apple LED Cinema Display at work, with captive MiniDP and USB-C). Note that this includes every USB-A memory stick in existence, keyboards, mice etc. OK, my main mouse can do bluetooth, but it charges by USB so if it dies I have a box of old mice that will tide me over. I've got a USB TV tuner dongle that I only use occasionally but isn't landfill just yet. I've got a Flirc USB-A IR receiver for my RasPI that you program by plugging into a Mac/PC.
- I've got various external USB devices. Some have USB-A sockets. Some have USB-B 2.0 sockets, Some have USB-B 3.0 sockets. Some have microUSB 2.0 sockets. Some have microUSB 3.0 sockets. I think I'm done with anything that has miniUSB - oh, but my iPad has Lightning and there are a couple of old iPods that I might want to use when I go somewhere I don't want to take my phone (anybody seen USB-C to 30 pin? Didn't think so) Thing is these all came with a whatever-to-USB-A cable so I have plenty of them and can leave them threaded behind desks, monitors etc. Even $10/cable soon adds up if you look at replacing a significant fraction of those.
- Last I looked, there was no usb-c to mini DisplayPort cable (and not a huge choice of dongles).
- In any case, I have other computers that I still use - a spare old laptop if my 'daily driver' fails, an old MacPro that is my last machine that will run fat binaries and certain ancient software should I need to refer back to some old projects, a RasPi, a HP home server for backup/filestore, a PC that I use for Linux and experimenting with Hackintosh... and all of these, surprise surprise, have USB-A 2.0 or 3.0 sockets. Being forced into a mixed economy of USB-C and USB-A would be a pain in the butt.
- one option I'm considering at the moment is whether an iMac for the desk + MacBook or non-TB MBP would be a better solution than a single do-it-all, high-end MBP. Guess what... current iMac has USB-A + TB2 (update definitely possibly maybe this year, or not), current MBP has USB-C/TB3 (and, on the non-TB only two of them, one of which may be needed for the charger - so some sort of multiport adapter is essential).
You can see the July date in their US store. According to support (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/which-tb3-dock-for-your-15mbp.2028702/page-10#post-24564974) it's now Late-May for older preorders, June/July for new ones.
Apparently not, if you read the other posts in this thread. My mistake.It's a deal breaker with my 15" MBP with TouchBar.
We have had some reports / observations of the Dock emitting a very faint noise in certain circumstances. The component responsible for this has been identified and a solution that mitigates this issue has been implemented. All retail, production units shipped will include this implementation and not be subject to this emittance.
Of further note, if you have a unit which this noise has been observed - it is not cause for any concern, it is not a defect or defective component. Even the noise itself is exceptionally low decibel should it occur and observation of the noise is outside of typical Dock use cases. While we have taken the steps to eliminate it, this was done more to eliminate misunderstanding.
Latest I was told by OWC was that it is delayed in certification. No ship date estimated, so I would guess July is when we might see actual product. Interesting that all the reviews out there are based on uncertified product.
The 60 Watts limitation coupled with missing their release schedule for going on 5 months has me on the sidelines. What a mess. The problem is that, as bad as their rollout has been, this product at least promises functionality nearest to what should have been included in the latest MBP release, a display port, a memory card reader and at least 2 USB 3.1 type A ports. It is beyond me why, with the real need for this functionality, not to mention 10 hours of time on battery rather than the 3-4 i actually get, Apple didn't themselves develop an Apple branded docking station. They've gone from it just works to it kind of works.The reports of it being noisy and the sad confirmation that it is only 60 watts has me thinking of cancelling my order.
Delayed again? What a joke. And the fact that people have to contact them for a status update is ridiculous. Sadly, it seems everyone vendor is in the same boat. Sometimes being an early adopter sucks.