£300 FROM Other World Computing, macsales.com
FEATURES 5x USB 3.1 (Gen 1), 3.5mm analogue audio in/out, S/PDIF, FireWire 800, Gigabit Ethernet, Mini DisplayPort, SD card reader
This dock for expanding your MacBook Pro offers an abundance of ports. Notably, in contrast to the Elgato and CalDigit rivals we’ve tried, it has FireWire 800 for legacy devices, and an SD card reader and optical audio output, both of which are omitted from recent MacBook Pros.
There’s also a Mini DisplayPort, which may make up for the slightly higher cost of this dock – the aforementioned Elgato and CalDigit rivals use the full-size DisplayPort, but you may already have a Mini DisplayPort adapter and a suitable cable from an older Mac.
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