Brydge unveils Stone Pro TB4 Thunderbolt 4 docking station
Brydge, known for its collection of iPad keyboards, has just announced the upcoming availability of their newest Thunderbolt 4 dock, the Stone Pro TB4.
Designed to work with macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS, the Stone Pro TB4 is a docking station designed to help expand your workspace efficiently. It boasts twelve ports to manage that ever-growing collection of devices you use alongside your laptop.
The Stone Pro TB4 features the following ports:
This dock supplies up to 90 watts of charging power, making it compatible with all current MacBooks.
Brydge also includes a stand, allowing you to orient the dock vertically to maximize desk space.
The Stone Pro TB4 isn't out yet, but Brydge plans on shipping starting in November. It's currently priced at $349.99, and those interested can head to Brydge's website and sign up to receive an email when sales go live.
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Designed to work with macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS, the Stone Pro TB4 is a docking station designed to help expand your workspace efficiently. It boasts twelve ports to manage that ever-growing collection of devices you use alongside your laptop.
The Stone Pro TB4 features the following ports:
- 3 x Thunderbolt 4 ports
- 1 x USB-A (2.0 5V/1.5A)
- 3 x USB-A (3.3 Gen 2 10 GBps)
- 1 x Thunderbolt 4 PD 3.0 90W
- 1 x SD Card reader
- 1 x Ethernet (Gigabit)
- 1 x 3.5mm audio port (headphone/microphone)
- 1 x dock power port
This dock supplies up to 90 watts of charging power, making it compatible with all current MacBooks.
Brydge also includes a stand, allowing you to orient the dock vertically to maximize desk space.
The Stone Pro TB4 isn't out yet, but Brydge plans on shipping starting in November. It's currently priced at $349.99, and those interested can head to Brydge's website and sign up to receive an email when sales go live.
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Comments
Thunderbolt 4 brings numerous improvements and new features to the table when compared to Thunderbolt 3.
- Speed. Thunderbolt 4 ports have the same high-speed 40Gbps bandwidth as Thunderbolt™ 3. However, minimum PCIe data requirements have increased from 16Gbps to 32Gbps. This means that high-speed external PCIe devices like storage and external graphics could see significant increases in transfer rates and performance.
- Security. VT-d based DMA protection helps prevent security threats by remapping requests from external devices and checking for proper permissions.
- Wake from sleep. This feature allows a PC to be brought out of hibernation with peripherals that are connected through a dock."
TB4 speed is same as TB3, however, devices might actually be able to attain that speed with updated hardware. I presume this dock is using whatever PCIe version is capable of providing 32Gbps bus speed although their website doesn't display this information in their specifications. I agree with @cia that 10Gbe Ethernet would have been a no brainer but it might have kicked the price even higher than $350 it already costs.To the majority of us, a TB4 dock probably won't be any faster than TB3 docks.
Also, isn't this just a clone of the OWC TB4 dock?
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More Ways to Get Faster External Drive Speed With Your M1 MacAlso, a dock usually sits between the computer and the peripherals, so having this port on the front means least amount of cable bending, and maximal use of cable length.
Putting that port at the front makes perfect sense.