' What about heat?' That's the question I always get when telling or showing people my Henge Docks setup. Here's a quick video:Įdit: This video also had me removing the laptop but YouTube has an issue with clips merged in QuickTime. I've had over 50 'docking cycles' so far without issue. I fixed that and it worked great from then on. It was sitting a tad too low and not making a solid connection. I took the MacBook Pro out, flipped over the docking station and made sure everything was at the proper height and tightened correctly. Good luck using an ExpressCard device like a 4G modem with this. It provides a close enough fit for cables and ports to line up perfectly, but not quite tight enough to be considered snug or provide undue burden on notebook insertion and removal. The actual docking station is constructed of sturdy plastic with rubber feet on the base to avoid slipping and desk scuffs. Unfortunately, Henge Docks does not offer a MacBook Air version due to the fact that the Air has ports on both sides so you'd still need to manually connect cables, defeating the purpose entirely. That pricing isn't bad considering vertical stands for MacBooks that don't have any docking magic go for around 50. The 17-inch version costs 75, 15-inch is 70 and the 13-inch Henge Docks docking station goes for 60. Thirty minutes after first hearing about Henge Docks ( this demo video did it for me) I put my order in for my MacBook Pro version, an older generation 17-inch 'Rev A' (the ports are slightly different from the newer version). I simply use this Apple display as my only display, which leaves one annoyance: unplugging a squid-like mess of cables when migrating to another room (kidding, I live in a tiny SF studio.) a coffee shop. If I'm going to have two screens, they need to be the same size and PPI, otherwise looking left to a 27-inch and looking right to a 17-inch propped up off the desk is too jarring. Matt's reasoning behind his single screen setup is exactly why I love the Henge Docks station. I've never been able to get my head around the two screens of an open laptop and a big monitor I prefer one large screen. At the office and at my desk at home I plug into a dock from Henge Docks with a 27' Cinema Display.

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