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OWC Launches New USB-C Travel Dock Suitable for MacBooks

Thursday September 21, 2017 8:47 AM PDT by Joe Rossignol

OWC has launched a new USB-C travel dock suitable for Apple's latest MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks.

owc usb c travel dock
The dock connects to a Mac or PC with a single USB-C cable and provides access to the following five ports:

2× USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
1× USB-C port for power
1× HDMI 2.0 port
1× SD card reader

The USB-C port provides up to 60W of pass-through charging, while the HDMI 2.0 port can drive a 4K display at 30Hz.

The compact-sized dock is available on MacSales.com in MacBook-like Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, and Space Gray for $49.99 in the United States.

It's also available on Amazon in select colors.

Tags: USB-C, Dock, OWC

Top Rated Comments

bladerunner2000

89 months ago

Great addition for the Donglebook Pro.

Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)

JM-Prod

89 months ago

I'm so glad Apple made their pro laptop a millimeter or two thinner, so that I can have this box as a companion.

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

elfxmilhouse

89 months ago

does anyone know if there is a dock that has a detachable USB-C cable? A lot of these docks have really short cables and I'd like to be able to put a longer one to hide the dock behind a monitor.

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

GubbyMan

89 months ago

"The HDMI 2.0 port can drive a 4K display at 30Hz."

Ugh. Seriously OWC?? It's either 1.4 driving 4K30 or 2.0 driving 4K60. In this case, it's definately an HDMI 1.4 as USB-C driving HDMI 2.0 needs to support display alternate mode.

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

theluggage

89 months ago

Ugh. Seriously OWC?? It's either 1.4 driving 4K30 or 2.0 driving 4K60.

Until USB-C hosts with DisplayPort 1.3/1.4 support come along, you can't get 4k@60Hz down a USB-C cable and have USB 3 data at the same time. So maybe it is technically HDMI 2.0 hardware-wise (i.e. a DisplayPort-to-HDMI 2.0 converter) but OWC have had to peg it at 4K@30Hz because at 60Hz all the other ports would have to be throttled back to USB 2 speed.

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

341328

89 months ago

So you buy a thin laptop that can’t be upgraded and then have to add a dumb box like this. Oh boy. :)

Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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