Fully utilize your Mac computer’s Thunderbolt port with the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock

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The sleek, aluminum-encased Thunderbolt Express Dock from Belkin lets you use a single cable and a β€œsingle connection to create high-speed, reliable transfers between your laptop and up to eight other devices, including FireWire, Ethernet, USB, and daisy chaining multiple Thunderbolt devices.” Β With two Thunderbolt connectors (one upstream, one downstream), you’ll be able to daisy-chain up to five more Thunderbolt devices to your computer. Β You can connect a total of eight devices to your computer using the USB 3.0 and Firewire 800 connectors in combination with the Thunderbolt port. Β You’ll also find a Gigabit Ethernet connector and audio jacks for headphones and a microphone.

The Thunderbolt Express Dock is $299.99, and it’s a easy way to add desktop features to your MacBook Pro or Air or even to add a lot of extra ports to your iMac or Mac mini.

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  2. At last it’s for sale. Nice. I like the way they have put a groove through the case instead of a front port. Sadly my understanding is I can’t use it to drive a mini display port 27″ apple display from my macbook air. Can someone post if they find this does work ?

  3. I’m typing on a machine who’s Thunderbolt chain looks like this:
    MacMini (2011) –> LaCie eSATA Hub –> LaCie 2big Thunderbolt –> Seagate Backup Plus Desk with Thunderbolt –> Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock –> HP ZR2740w (via Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter cable) at 2560×1440.

    So yes, it works fine to “drive” a 27″ display via Mini DisplayPort. (To be exact, the Mac is driving the display. The signal is just passing through the Thunderbolt devices.)

    See here:
    http://www.belkin.com/us/support-article?rnId=8432

    Also, many of the reviews have tested this with various displays — including the 27″ Apple Cinema and Thunderbolt displays — and it works just fine. It’s a standard daisy-chainable Thunderbolt device.

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