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Review on Cateck Bus Powered Aluminum MacBook Laptops by Andrew Amzallag

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Current state of the art; not good

Firstly I like the look of this thing but as others have said the main cable is a bit thick. But none of that matters if the advertised core functionality doesn't work. The main problem I have is that it is not backwards compatible with older SD cards. I do not understand. Nothing shows up. After about 2 minutes, when I manually double-click the USB drive (G: in this case), Win gives an I/O error. I have several offline 3D printers and only use old SD cards for them. Also plugging in a device with say a mouse or two (CAD work) doesn't always work, you have to keep plugging it in until it works. When "running" it often freezes with Windows Explorer if you have a map. So much for standards. I'll take it apart, gut their crap that doesn't work, and tweak our circuits from other trusted manufacturers. Exposing yourself to bad actors. I am posting this so people who do NOT want this just for the case know to avoid this product.

Pros
  • always liked it
Cons
  • no performance