Key Takeaways
- A Thunderbolt Dock yog qhov tseem ceeb yog tias koj siv lub laptop nrog cov khoom siv hauv desktop.
- Piv rau USB docks, tag nrho Thunderbolt docks yog kim.
- OWC's Thunderbolt Dock tshiab muaj peb (3!) dhau los ntawm Thunderbolt ports.
Xav txog tias koj xav yuav lub hub USB, tab sis tsuas muaj ob peb yam muaj. Qhov ntawd yog lub xeev ntawm Thunderbolt dock khw. Los yog nws yog, kom txog rau thaum CES 2021 co tawm ib pawg ntawm cov iav tshiab los ntawm OWC thiab Anker.
Anker's tshiab PowerExpand 5-in-1 Thunderbolt 4 Mini Dock yog tus nqi qis ntawm nws cov 7-in-1 Thunderbolt 3 dock uas twb muaj lawm, tab sis OWC's Thunderbolt Dock tshiab coj qee yam tshiab-peb-thunderbolt. cov chaw nres nkoj rau kev nthuav dav ntxiv.
Zoo siab pom tias tus nqi tseem tsis tau poob. Tom qab ntawd dua, yog tus nqi ntawd yog tus nqi ntawm kev ntseeg siab, ces kuv yuav coj nws.
Vim li cas Thunderbolt?
A Thunderbolt dock yog qhov tseem ceeb yog tias koj muaj MacBook, lossis Thunderbolt-nruab Windows laptop. Tsis tsuas yog Thunderbolt docks txhim khu kev qha tshaj USB (ua tsaug rau cov ntawv pov thawj nruj heev los ntawm Intel), tab sis Thunderbolt kev twb kev txuas muaj xws li bandwidth siab uas koj tuaj yeem thauj khoom mus rau cov chaw nres nkoj nrog peripherals, suav nrog 4K cov lus, thiab txuas rau koj lub computer nrog ib lub cable..
Koj tseem tuaj yeem ua daisy-chain Thunderbolt li, uas tuaj yeem ua rau nws yooj yim los txuas ob peb qhov khoom siv-kawg rau hauv cov zaub yog tias koj nyiam-tsis muaj qhov chaw nres nkoj.
Intel qhov tshiab Thunderbolt 4 hloov tshiab yog zoo nkauj npaum li Thunderbolt 3 nrog USB 4 kev txhawb nqa, thiab ob peb lwm yam tweaks. Hauv kev xyaum, lawv hloov pauv tau rau kev siv feem ntau.
The Docks
Anker's PowerExpand 5-hauv-1 Thunderbolt 4 Mini Dock zoo li zoo. Koj tuaj yeem txuas ib khub ntawm 4K saib, lossis ib qho 8K zaub. Yog tias koj xaiv qhov tom kawg, txawm li cas los xij, nws tsuas tuaj yeem khiav ntawm 30Hz, tsis yog 60Hz, uas yog qhov kev txwv tseem ceeb. Tseem, nws yuav yog $ 200 thaum nws mus muag thaum Lub Ob Hlis, uas tsis yog qhov phem, raws li Thunderbolt docks mus.
Txoj kev nthuav ntau dua yog OWC's Thunderbolt Dock, muaj rau kev xaj ua ntej ntawm tus nqi zoo li tus qauv Thunderbolt ntawm $ 249. Nws muaj 11 qhov chaw nres nkoj hauv tag nrho, suav nrog Ethernet, SD daim npav qhov, lub mloog pob ntseg, thiab ib pawg ntawm USB-A chaw nres nkoj (peb 10Gb / sec USB 3.1 chaw nres nkoj, thiab ib qho qub-fashioned USB 2.0 chaw nres nkoj).
Tab sis qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog tias nws muaj peb Thunderbolt chaw nres nkoj nyob ib puag ncig sab nraub qaum, ntxiv rau qhov chaw nres nkoj pem hauv ntej uas koj txuas rau koj lub computer. Cov no tuaj yeem txuas mus rau lwm yam khoom siv Thunderbolt, suav nrog cov lus qhia thiab lwm yam khoom siv. Thiab txhua qhov ntawm Thunderbolt cov chaw nres nkoj no tuaj yeem yog qhov pib ntawm txoj hlua daisy.
Tom qab USB, uas tau txais qhov tsis txaus ntseeg thiab tsis ntseeg yog tias koj sim ua qhov tsis zoo no, Thunderbolt yog qhov nyem. Kuv tseem xav tias $250 yog tus nqi vwm rau qhov chaw nres nkoj, tab sis ntawm qhov tod tes, ib zaug koj tau yuam koj tus kheej them nws, ces cov khoom siv yog pob zeb thiab txhim khu kev qha.
Kuv siv CalDigit TS3+, uas zoo heev, thiab muaj ob peb qhov chaw nres nkoj tsis muaj nyob rau ntawm OWC no, zoo li DisplayPort. Tab sis OWC ntaus CalDigit los ntawm kev muaj cov chaw nres nkoj USB zoo dua. TS3+ tsuas muaj ib qho 10Gbps USB-C chaw nres nkoj (tus so yog tag nrho 5Gbps), thaum OWC muaj peb, ntxiv rau koj tuaj yeem txuas ib lub USB-C peripheral rau hauv Thunderbolt qhov.
Nws yog qhov zoo kom pom ntau Thunderbolt docks. Yog tias koj siv lub laptop nrog cov saib sab nraud thiab lwm yam khoom siv hauv lub desktop, ces lawv tau yooj yim txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws los txuas txhua yam, thiab cov docks txawm them lub computer thaum koj ua. Tab sis nws yog kev poob siab pom tias cov nqi tseem tsis tau poob. Tom qab ntawd dua, yog tus nqi ntawd yog tus nqi ntawm kev ntseeg siab, ces kuv yuav coj nws.
