ORICO Thunderbolt 3 M.2 Dual Bay Docking Station For Your Laptop REVIEW — MacSources

Docking station ensures you get good at multi-tasking and expand your productivity

Since USB-C was adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 2016, more devices have adopted the standard. When I purchased my latest MacBook Pro 15", I was excited about the possibility of moving away from the older USB-A technologies. With four USB-C 3.1 Generation 2, Thunderbolt 3 supporting/DisplayPort Alt Mode/PD delivery ports, the single 3.5mm port seemed out of place and antiquated.

Unfortunately, despite the allure of new technology inputs, I quickly realized that I still resided in a USB-A-centric world. Like the transition from VHS to DVD to Blu-Ray, the input technologies are caught in a state of flux/metamorphosis. Many of us used a combo VHS/DVD player, or cassette tape/CD player before moving completely into the newest formats.

Docks, hubs, dongles, and towers are common solutions to computer input/output interconnectivity requirements. The devices can add more of a given variety of ports, or they may expand options by adding various input/output ports not present on the base device. The ORICO Thunderbolt 3 Multifunctional Docking Station arrived in a classy 9 1/8 inches long by 5 1/8 inches wide by 3 1/8 inches tall retail package.

The cover listed the ORICO name/logo along the top left, directly adjacent to a Thunderbolt…