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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Anthony Spadafora

I tested Satechi’s new Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock and it works great with my MacBook Pro — but I keep mistaking it for a Mac mini M4

A person inserting a microSD card into a card reader on the front of the Satechi Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock on a desk.

No matter how mobile you think your laptop really is, sooner or later, you’re going to plug it in at a desk. At that point, you’ll probably think to yourself, I wish I had a larger display to connect it to. Then, when you throw one of the best mechanical keyboards and a mouse into the mix, you’ve essentially converted your laptop into a desktop.

There’s just one problem though, even the best laptops likely don’t have all of the ports you need. And even if your laptop does, every time you want to use it this way, you’re constantly plugging in cables or unplugging them when you want to slip it back into your bag. Well, what if there was a better way?

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