Belkin’s Thunderbolt Express Dock Reminds You That You Have Thunderbolt

Oh right! That thing on my MacBook Air that Apple made such a big deal about. Thunderbolt. It’s extremely quick, and I’d like to use it! But where are the Thunderbolt accessories? Belkin’s got one to multiply your ports.

The Thunderbolt Express Dock serves up three USB ports (we’re unsure if it’s 2.0 or 3.0), gigabit ethernet, Firewire 800, and — ta da! — another Thunderport jack. It’s not the most elegant-looking port expander, but ethernet on your MacBook Air could be great for those who miss it, and whoever is still a Firewire devotee. As for now it’s just on display at the Intel Developer Forum, so no details on cost or release. [9to5Mac]

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    Cam

    Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Wow, the english in the title is astounding – “Belkin’s Thunderbolt Express Dock You That You Have Thunderbolt”.

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      attila

      Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 12:14 PM

      The whole post is a bit ESL – “But Belkin’s got one to multiply your ports.”

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    Ugh

    Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Reading this post was painful. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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    Danny Allen

    Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Yeah, this one slipped through to the keeper. Edited, fixed. Sorry guys.

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    [doa]

    Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    If it had the Ethernet somewhat hidden out the back, it might just be perfect.

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      Stew

      Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 4:05 PM

      It does.

      “…three USB ports, gigabit ethernet, Firewire…”

      Now if only it had three USB ports.

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        [doa]

        Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 4:21 PM

        No I mean, an ethernet on the front will just clutter up the whole deal and make it look messy.

        Hidden around the back out-of-sight, permanently plugged in would be ideal.

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          Stew

          Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 4:46 PM

          Ah right – gotcha! Yes I see your point.

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            d

            Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 8:16 AM

            While they were at it, it would have been nice to put an HDMI port, and maybe an eSATA on the back as well.

            If I really wanted to use this as a docking station I would want to have all my periferals etc hooked up to it, with only 3 usb ports, and everything coming out the front, this wouldn’t really do the trick.

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