Satechi makes a few of my favourite 24-inch iMac equipment: the Satechi Sort-C Aluminum Monitor Stand Hub for iMac, R1 Aluminium Hinge Holder Foldable Stand, Twin-Sided Eco-Leather-based Deskmate, M1 Wi-fi Mouse, and the USB-C Combo Hub for Desktop. My favourite peripheral is the USB-C Slim Dock, which is nice for the brand new 24-inch iMac with an M3 processor. (See my iMac assessment right here.)
Design and expandability
The US$149 dock — constructed completely for the 24-inch iMac — gives a built-in enclosure so as to add exterior storage and entry to the most-frequented ports and peripherals on the all-in-one. These embody: one 10 Gbps USB-C knowledge port, one 10 Gbps USB-An information port, two USB-A 2.0 ports, micro/SD card reader slots and a built-in NVMe Sata enclosure.
My favourite function is the tool-free, built-in NVMe SATA enclosure that permits for the set up of M.2 NMVe SSDs or M.2 SATA SSDs. There’s help for as much as 10 Gbps Excessive pace M.2 NVME to USB 3.1 Gen 2, 6Gbps pace M.2 SATA to USB 3.1 Gen 1, which gives a seamless answer for knowledge switch and knowledge backup.
The NVMe/SATA enclosure enables you to add exterior storage to your 24-inch iMac with out taking over the desktop actual property that exterior drives require. (The dock itself is precisely the identical measurement as Apple’s wi-fi keyboard.)
The accent matches M.2 NVMe SSDs or M.2 SATA SSDs inside a small slot beneath the USB-C Slim Dock. The USB-C Slim Dock can deal with each SATA and NVME in sizes: 2242/2260/2280.
A quick apart: NVMe and SATA
What’s the distinction between NVMe and SATA, chances are you’ll surprise. Right here’s a (considerably technical) clarification from Kingston Know-how: On the subject of superior storage expertise, NVMe is in a league of its personal. Even at a look, the variations between NVMe and SATA in efficiency are spectacular. The communication drivers and interface between NVMe and SATA are fully totally different as SATA makes use of AHCI drivers which are designed for laborious disk drives (HDD) with spinning expertise whereas the NVMe driver is particularly designed for SSDs with flash expertise. As well as, NVMe is ready to make the most of the PCIe sockets to speak between the storage interface and system’s CPU for even better leverage. If this matchup had been a sporting occasion, it will be like evaluating a F1 race versus an excellent touring race.
Transferring on, the design of the Slim Dock ensures all peripherals are simply inside attain. Nonetheless you must be aware that the USB ports are knowledge solely; they don’t present sufficient juice to, as an illustration, cost your iPhone.
That includes a slim aluminum construct, the USB-C Slim Dock gives good warmth dissipation and requires no further drivers or set up. You simply connect it to the M1 iMac.
Look
The USB-C Slim Dock is on the market in each silver and blue colours. I want the latter because it’s an ideal aesthetic match with my blue iMac.
Total, the USB-C Slim Dock is a good iMac accent that simply works — and appears good doing it.
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Overview overview
The Execs
- Nice enlargement choices
- built-in NVMe Sata enclosure
- appears to be like nice
abstract
10Satechi’s USB-C Slim Dock is a good way so as to add further knowledge space for storing and lengthen the variety of USB-C ports for the 24-inch iMac — all by means of a single USB-C.
