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Taco Belkin: Why buy a whole new monitor when you can just grab this little dock instead? Photo Daily TechIf you own a new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Air, you probably have an eye on Apple’s new 27-inch Thunderbolt monitor, with its mess of expansion ports out back which will let you turn laptop into desktop by plugging in just one cable.
But before you ditch your perfectly good monitor and drop a grand on a new one, consider Belkin’s Thunderbolt Express Dock, a standalone dock which has the exact same ports as the Cinema Display.
The dock, an aluminum taco shell, has three USB ports, a FireWire 800 port and a hole for Gigabit Ethernet. It also has a Thunderbolt passthrough to send video and anything else onto monitors or further docks, and has a DC-in socket to power all the junk you have attached.
It’s a great idea, and although Belkin hasn’t yet put the thing up on its site, the dock is sure to cost a lot less than a new monitor. And if you’re using one of Apple’s aluminum Cinema Displays already, this dock will sit on its foot and blend right in.
IDF 2011: Belkin Shows Off Thunderbolt Express Dock [Daily Tech]
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