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Satechi Launches Pro Hub Slim for Apple's Latest MacBooks

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Satechi today announced the launch of the Pro Hub Slim, which adds a selection of ports to Apple's latest MacBook models. Designed specifically for the M2 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, it has seven ports and joins the Pro Hub Max and Pro Hub Mini in Satechi's hub lineup.

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The Pro Hub Slim is equipped with a USB4 port that supports up to 100W passthrough charging or 40Gb/s data transfer speeds, a 4K HDMI port, a USB-C port that supports data transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s, two USB-A ports with data transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s, and SD and microSD card readers with UHS-I data transfer speeds.

It is designed to attach to a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro using two USB-C ports, and it can be purchased in Midnight, Space Gray, or Silver to match Apple's notebooks. Though designed for the M2 MacBook models, it is also compatible with older MacBook Pro and MacBook Air machines.

The Pro Hub Slim can be purchased from the Satechi website for $80, and through February 3, there is a 20 percent discount available with the promo code SLIM20.

Article Link: Satechi Launches Pro Hub Slim for Apple's Latest MacBooks
 
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The Pro Hub Slim is equipped with a USB4 port that supports up to 100W passthrough charging or 40Gb/s data transfer speeds, a 4K HDMI port, a USB-C port that supports data transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s, two USB-A ports with data transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s, and SD and microSD card readers with UHS-I data transfer speeds.

The Pro Hub Slim can be purchased from the Satechi website for $80
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MacBook Pro already has three Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports, an HDMI port, and an SD card reader, so you're really spendig $80 to get back the two Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports this is blocking (not to mention the loss of the 3.5mm jack), two USB-A ports and a microSD card reader. What a deal! 🤣
 
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sw1tcher said:
MacBook Pro already has three Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports, an HDMI port, and an SD card reader, so you're really spendig $80 to get back the two Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports this is blocking (not to mention the loss of the 3.5mm jack), two USB-A ports and a microSD card reader. What a deal! 🤣
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Indeed. This is such a strange product for the newer MBP's which now have sufficient ports.
I can see it being more useful for the MacBook Air.
 
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Eric_WVGG said:
I'm increasingly bewildered by the persistence of new hubs with USB-A ports. I haven't bought an A device since… 2016? Aren't we all caught up by now?
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Devices aren't even "caught up" by now unless you shop very carefully for USB-C devices. The vast majority go with the standard that works with computers up to 10-20 years old... which are overwhelmingly NOT the ones for sale in our little bubble. That way, they can sell a product to a much larger number of buyers who do not yet have a way of connecting via USB-C.
 
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Eric_WVGG said:
I'm increasingly bewildered by the persistence of new hubs with USB-A ports. I haven't bought an A device since… 2016? Aren't we all caught up by now?
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Not for me yet. I've still got a few perfectly good USB-A equipment I still use that I can toss out and replace... just because? So I can tell everyone I've fully migrated to USB-C? :confused:
 
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These have always been stupid products, and are especially useless given the ports on the MBP.

Spend $10 on a USB C dongle that gives you the USB A ports you need and a gigabit ethernet port.
 
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sw1tcher said:
MacBook Pro already has three Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports, an HDMI port, and an SD card reader, so you're really spendig $80 to get back the two Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports this is blocking (not to mention the loss of the 3.5mm jack), two USB-A ports and a microSD card reader.
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...and it will likely be obsolete in a few years, when your new iPadBook Pro will have a different physical arrangement of USB-C ports.
daneoni said:
Older devices that still serve a niche purpose
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I just replace their USB cable or run them with a tiny one-port adapter (USB-C plug to USB-A socket).
I could glue the adapters on, in fact, if I wouldn't, occasionally, use some legacy computers too.
 
Curious - with the inclusion of an HDMI port and USB C for video, could you attach two monitors to this thing? I'm thinking no, but interesting.

Lame, you need to create an account on their site to view the FAQ, and the user manual is for another product. Whoops.
 
cbaca51 said:
2 hardware devices I just bought for music production came with USB-A ports so nope
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USB-C to A/B/C cables are pittance ... I just bought a couple of Type C to B so my mixer would connect direct to iPad without requiring a hub.

The only thing that I genuinely need USB A for is flash drives. For everything else I just got fresh cables.
 
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No Thunderbolt?
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Precisely! What is the reason for a that. Devices like this, designed specifically for TB4 MBPs, really have to fully implement TB4. It’s time product designers started being serious and that includes companies like Apple that drop competent development support for the iMac, the Mac Pro and even relatively smaller issues like abandoning Lightning.
 
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