What will not fit with our electricity? I don't get you?

cHaRsIeWpAu^^
Lol well then don't buy - what docks are you looking at? I haven't found any that I like

Static electricity. We will be feeling the vibrations on the palm rest.

owc dock looks cool but needs dc power to drive it, properly will buy one for house.

https://www.owcdigital.com/products/usb-c-dock/

if i go outside from my house i will properly just buy a usb-c to usb-a adapter for external harddisk.

i dont need to charge my phone via lappy, if transferring files i can use air-play feature.

Hmm... I'm thinking what other cables I'm going to need; might as well get them know with the reduced pricing

I've a question - just how much power can these USB-C drive power?!

2 5K display right?

100 watts; got the answer

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This post has been edited by soitsuagain: Nov 7 2016, 04:41 PM

It's a prank joke.

That dock is huge. Seen this before?

http://www.satechi.net/index.php/type-c-pa...-hub-space-gray

yeaa, possibly will take this one because sd card slot isn't my concern. i need usb-a and hdmi only.

http://www.satechi.net/index.php/computer/...orts-space-gray

thanks for the suggestion!

cHaRsIeWpAu^^
With more devices using USB-C I am sure there are going to be other 3rd party accessories for it

yea agreed, but you need to buy one for temporary because you cant do anything without it.
next year should have more choices and better quality.

I think I've kinda decided on the stuff I want

Kindly share pls. Sharing is caring

I was thinking about placing the order when the damn USD shot up... now I have to bite it and maybe reconsider but what I have in mind is:-

1) Satechi Hub
2) USB-C to Ethernet Dongle
3) Rankie Adaptor

Am still thinking if I should get a spare/additional USB-C charging cable but considering there's no discount on that one, I might just wait till I need one (no need to buy a spare to sit around doing nothing) - but not sure if the price will increase due to the USD forex hike.

Am probably going to forgo the USB-C to Lightning adaptor for now.

Will confirm when I wake up tomorrow so I can place the order through to a friend who's travelling to the US now; bugger the damn USD rates!



This post has been edited by tinkerbel: Nov 12 2016, 02:19 AM

EverythingApplePro's review CMI. I always watch reviews from these guys as they had done a much much more professional jobs than the rest.

Their videos are professional cut, precise and straight to the points.

I personally do not like those videos that are taken from single angle constantly, without cut, the person just talks from the start to the end. (A video can be done anybody)











This post has been edited by westlife: Nov 12 2016, 02:47 AM

I live there for 20 years, and November is the month i usually go all out! (Thanksgiving)

For previous years model Macs, one can get as much as 300-500 USD price drop but only ONLINE. You never get anything cheap from Apple store, don't waste your friend time shopping in the store.

I would check out aftermarket Mac goodies online, recommended BH, Amazon for what you need. If you fancy a Thunderbolt 3 storage, Akitio Quad is the cheaper and it works wonder, it's cheap and u won;t be able to find it here, I have the T2 version along with OWC T2 Dock. The Dock is problematic. The Power supply is heavy and huge! if you travel a lot and need to carry the dock, i won't recommended it.

The other issues have to do with Mac, if you daily chain number of thunderbolt devices, multiple high res monitors, storage and what no, the speed would drop significantly, and crippled WIFI speed to unusable speed. 0.1-0.5 MB/s It's a know issue in MAC forum, partly due to overheat, Hey, thin is not always good when you put your laptop to stress. Now, i put owc dock aside so i don;t have too many thunderbolts chained in the system.

The jury is still out if the much thinner MBP would have the same issue with newer Thunderbolt 3, i have dump too much money on my last purchase, frankly too timid to find out if the new one can sustain heavy does of thunderbolt devices. If you are not a heavy user, buy a few dongles and it should be fine.

But hey, despite getting burned, I'm still a Mac user and ready to go all out again when the new iMac or Mac Pro release, MBP? not so much, too scare of overheat.

Unfortunately, friend of mine will be back before Thanksgiving and like I said, the sudden spike in USD to RM isn't helping the pockets either but what's needed is needed....

Granted, you are limited to Mac goodies in Malaysia but if the stuffs u can get it here like in Apple store. it's much cheaper than buying in USA not just because the recent USD's hike. Remember, in addition to currency exchange premium, you have to pay Taxes in US. Unless you buy on online store like newegg and BH is still tax-free. Amazon is depend on where you purchase. Malaysian complain about 6% GST, that's not much compare to US sale tax. 8-9.5% is quite the norm there.

From experiences, US retail is not any cheaper than Malaysia, currency hike or not on electronics goodies, especially misc cables and adapters. In fact, some of them are far more expensive. But their online goodies is another story. It's the online competing war in US that drives the price down, not only that, their services and return policy would take Malaysia years to catch up.

Japan is the same deal. It's not longer cheaper to buy electronics stuff there due to RM shrinkage despite the tourist tax incentive.