By Darren Allan
One of the bigger complaints concerning Apple’s new MacBook Pro – particularly the base 13-inch model – is its relative lack of connectivity. A dongle is a potential way round this, of course, and a nifty new offering which claims to be the world’s fastest and most compact Thunderbolt 3 USB-C Hub has just been revealed.
The HyperDrive has been launched on Kickstarter and it’s specifically tailored for the MacBook Pro 2016, plugging into a pair of USB-C ports on one side of the notebook.
The dongle then utilizes 45Gbps bandwidth to drive its selection of 7 ports and enable them all to be used simultaneously if needed.
So what do you get here? An HDMI port, Thunderbolt 3, USB-C port, a pair of USB 3.0 ports, along with SD and microSD card slots (we discuss why we still need an SD card slot on the MacBook Pro in this article).
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Dual monitor magic
As mentioned, these can all be used simultaneously, meaning that it’s possible to hook up a Thunderbolt 3 display (up to 8K) at 60Hz and a 4K screen via HDMI at 30Hz at the …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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