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so you guys know I've been using the new MacBook Pro for a while the controversial USB type-c only MacBook Pro and there's been a number of remedies for the situation products that have emerged Hubbs docks dongles there I say dongles but today I've got something different maybe the best solution today maybe not I mean that's the point of this video I'm gonna try this thing out it's called the dock case for the 15-inch MacBook Pro pack your MacBook and all the missing ports into the dock case so it's a case and a dock in one as you can see from the package it's gonna give you an Ethernet port an HDMI a couple of type-c connectors including what looks like the thunderbolt connection pass-through then you have three traditional USB 3.0 ports an SD card slot and a micro SD card so I mean that's pretty cool if that's what that is and you can kind of tell from the side of the box here it's a very slender case now you're gonna have to have a case for your laptop anyways so why not get some ports along with it after all you're probably missing them on the new macbook pro or maybe you're not maybe you're a one cable kind of guy who knows maybe this device here can convince you to take the dive into the new MacBook I know a lot of people are hesitant if you came from the old generation MacBook Pro you had access to pretty much all of this ooh alright so far so good this is the dock case whoa is this little fake leather was hoping for genuine but you know you could tell from that smell this is probably an artificial leather no big deal the vegans in the crowd can rejoice in fact oh look at that it's a beta version we sincerely invite you to review this product constructive feedback will be delivered to our product team and reflected to the next upgraded version thank you Wow okay so they're looking for the for the feedback a nice texture this part flips open magnets and then the laptop will go inside of here this is just a placeholder and then on this side look at all the ports Ethernet HDMI type-c USB 3 and yes that is a microSD card slot and a full size SD card slot cool also in the box it looks like we have a type seat table it's important you use the right one here because I've been using my macbook pro with various accessories and monitors and realizing that not all of these cables are created equal so when you go out to like an HDMI for example to to certain displays some type C cables are just not functioning the way that I expected other's work seamlessly I'm assuming this one is in the same boat since they've included it along with this hub so what you're gonna do is remove your laptop from the case and then plug it in to the hub like this now you have access to all of these extra ports right here let's just make sure I'm doing this right that makes sense okay so so that is a USB type-c input the HDMI output is capable of 4k and the 3.1 data speed up to five gigabits per second I see how they've done this so the MacBook Pro sits on top of the case when it's not in use that's what it's gonna look like there when it's fully functional and using all the ports I'm starting to really like this thing this guy sits on top I put the lid up I'm using the laptop plug in my USB type-c pull it around like this and then check that out now my laptop has been expanded with an object the size of something I'd be carrying around to begin with I really like the touch of micro sd because you don't see that even on the old-school MacBook you would need the adapter and you can also see an indicator light here so that shows you that you have power going to the hub itself so just like this it's like a portfolio pull it out spin it around kaboom there's gonna be people in the audience saying why don't we just have all those ports on on the laptop to begin with we'll listen we're not going back to that world whether you like it or not that ship has sailed and of course as you know if you head to the Apple store you're you're spending like $30 per dongle on my desk up until this point I've been using a little device from a company called hutu I had to go out and get it almost immediately after getting the new MacBook just because of the other peripherals that were lying around the office that I still had to you let me tell you about a little story something that happened to me on one of my previous trips to CES in Las Vegas it's just a barrel of excitement this one here I'm out there I'm hanging out I've got a great hotel but the Wi-Fi its shoddy it's terrible I want to connect directly to the wired connection to avoid the Wi-Fi that everybody in the entire hotel is on this is all a bunch of tech savvy people and journalists from all over the world so I have to head out to the Apple Store even with the previous generation MacBook to look for a dongle just to get Ethernet ethernet that's this one right here so a lot of times you don't necessarily know when or why you're gonna need one of these ports that's two worlds colliding that makes me feel very warm and fuzzy inside so let's just do a quick little test make sure this thing is working correctly I'm gonna insert a micro SD it clicks in with a spring we also have a USB thumb drive ooh this is that fancy one that came with the $20,000 smartphone jack if these people haven't seen that video now that's a video a twenty thousand dollar Android smart alone this came with that go check that out Conor McGregor he needs one of these okay so I'll slide this one in there look at that we have a thumb drive we have a micro SD and if I okay so it's connected up so I just want to be clear on something here if you want to charge the macbook while you're using it there's a specific power delivery port as you can see there it's the first of the two type-c connectors and that will still connect to your power brick and that will act as a pass-through for power to your laptops all right so I have the USB thumb drive connected and the micro SD plugged in as well the two devices are both mounted they open up perfectly fine it works oh by the way in case you're wondering what I've got on top of my macbook pro here that is a skin from D brand it's got the leather look maybe the MacBook it makes a comeback right here maybe you're interested now maybe not something worth noting is the fact that the device gets longer right so this entire portion down here is the Electronics associated with the dock your laptop in the sleeve is about an inch taller than it would have been without that also it feels like this is mostly made of plastic have a little bit of a tinny kind of sound to it either way I think this is a very cool device I think it's gonna solve some problems for new MacBook Pro users it's unusual that I bump into something like this it's simple but so obviously functional I think this one is a win right here