Those of you who buy a 2018 MacBook Pro 18" Retina will be disappointed with the lack of connectivity - all you get is 4 proprietary Thunderbolt ports . 3 ports. If you don't want to upgrade all your peripherals (!), this device represents the perfect solution. It occupies two of your TB3 ports (either on the left, or rotate the device to place it on the right of your laptop), but instead gives you one back (so you still have 3xTB3) as well as 2x USB3.1 ports (the older, larger USB port), a USB-C port as well as microSD and SD card readers, and an HDMI port appears to support 4K ( I haven't been able to test this). The connector is very tight and it can be a bit awkward for inexperienced users to plug the device into the computer this way. will drop out. I suspect this could be a problem for one of the reviews here, which claims it only works half the time; the device may simply not be seated firmly enough. The unit does get a little warm, but not as much as the computer itself, and certainly not to the extent of similar models from other manufacturers, according to reviewers on this site. Overall I'm very happy with it - it does exactly what I wanted it to do. I would give 4.5 stars if such an option was available; The last half of the star is due to having to modify my Kuzy case to fit this device... not that hard but frustrating that I have to smash into a brand new case. perfectly functional. As a bonus, I found a padded spare reading glasses case (in space grey, of course!). It protects the device well when being rocked in a bag, as I wouldn't recommend taking it with you when it's attached to a laptop.
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