Review on NEW Microsoft Surface Dock 2 by Paul Varnado

TL:DR - This works for MS Surface Go Gen 1! USB C to HDMI seems to work with regular and good quality USB c to HDMI devices. Everything seems to be working as expected. Connect, install drivers and get started!. A reboot might be necessary. The dock itself has a soft rubber(?) pad on the bottom to reduce slipping. inches, so your laptop or tablet doesn't have to be stowed next to the docking station. The Ethernet port works as expected. You add two monitors! Would recommend if you need more than one tablet or laptop. Full Review - I wasn't sure if this would work for my Surface Go, but I gave it a shot. I was also concerned about the USB-c to HDMI adapter because I'm not that familiar with USB-c protocols and devices. Both have proven themselves. I now have a Surface Go 1 connected to this dock and both my HDMI monitor and HDMI TV are connected to this dock. Setup was very easy. I just plugged everything in and let it set itself up. I had to let it complete the setup and then unplug and plug it back in. I suspect this need is related to windows, maybe a superficial thing because I also had to do this with my shared hub. Plug it back in and it should work. The HDMI adapter I bought worked right out of the box. Interestingly, I've found that my regular USB-C hub (like 5 in 1 or 7 in 1) has an HDMI output and that works too! This USB-c display protocol that this dock has may already be found in our USB-c devices with HDMI ports. I checked my device manager and graphics card settings and it turned out that the HDMI ports work with surface graphics cards and not external types of graphics cards. The second big reason I wanted this dock was the ethernet port this dock has. My Surface doesn't have an ethernet port, and I've read that regular 7-in-1 hubs with HDMI and ethernet ports usually can't handle data, so I didn't want to spend money only to find out later that I don't get it the performance I expected. I don't know how to determine how fast the ethernet is, but I can watch remote desktop video with low latency on one of my HDMI connected monitors. An audio connection with a microphone and headphones is essential these days as the video conferences I've done are working as expected. What was interesting was that Windows identified the device as USB Audio or Headphones (USB), but that's not a problem. In summary, this is a docking station, not a hub. So don't expect it to be portable. It's not a portable device, I consider it a means of portability. This allows you to be mobile by putting all your device connections in one place AND ALSO adding more ports and expanding what you can connect. It also has a power adapter that's literally the same size as the dock. If you want a portable computer you'll need something like a hub, but these hubs aren't a great solution for permanent installations either, as you may need to power them. USB port c And your Surface still needs a power source if you don't want to just run on batteries. Then you may also need an audio connection. This is how my setup was before this dock. My hub is connected to the USB port on the Surface c. It needs power, so it was plugged into a USB power adapter. This hub also didn't work every time and I had to constantly unplug it until something popped up. My Surface's power jack was also connected to my Surface and I had an audio connection for my speakers. My device: Surface Go (model 1824) CPU: Intel Pentium 4415Y @ 1.6, 64-bit RAM 4 GB USB C to HDMI: Cable matters Aluminum USB C to HDMI Adapter for Surface Pro 7 and higher - Supports 4K 60 Hz and HDRhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MFW2G3K