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In mid-June, I ordered the latest MacBook Pro, the all USB C version, and honestly, I was very nervous about not having any other port on my MacBook outside of just USB C. I literally bought all different types of adapters, ending up returning most of them after trying what I think worked best for a week or two.
Now that I've been with the MacBook for a few months, I wanted to let you know that the Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock is pretty solid, expensive, but solid. In the morning, instead of plugging in several cables into my MacBook, I plug in one cable into my MacBook - the USB C cable from the Belkin dock. It works with my two external monitors, an old Apple monitor and a Samsung monitor. It also has Gigabit Ethernet support for our Gigabit network here, three USB ports, two USB C ports, Displayport for one of the monitors and audio ports. Overall, I really like it and how well in functions.
The only issues I have are audio and infrequent power charging issues.
The audio issue is not great, maybe it is just the set up I have. But the very old external audio speakers I have simply are underpowered and hard to hear anything from. I often now plug in earphones into the dock, so I can hear better.
The power charging issue has come up 3 or 4 times since I started using it. In short, it simply sometimes does not charge. Again, only 3 or 4 times in a few months but it has happened. Even this morning, my computer started to get really slow and I looked at the battery monitor and it said 5%. I quickly turned everything off and replugged in the power from the back of the dock and the USB C cable into the MacBook and it started charging again. But sometimes, it simply doesn't charge for one reason or another. It was down to 2% before I was able to get it charging the MacBook again.
Outside of those two issues, I really do like it. I think the audio issue can be resolved if I got speakers that are newer than 10 years old. The power issue seems to be a weird fluke or something, it is hard to replicate.
Barry Schwartz is the CEO of RustyBrick, a New York Web service firm specializing in customized online technology that helps companies decrease costs and increase sales. Barry is also the founder of the Search Engine Roundtable and the News Editor of Search Engine Land. He is well known & respected for his expertise in the search marketing industry. Barry graduated from the City University of New York and lives with his family in the NYC region.
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