Re:Dongle-killing MacBook Pro hub raises $1M to add what App...
by walrus01 on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:47PM
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What's funny is it still does not have a 1000BaseT port. I don't care how good your WiFi is, it's not going to copy files at 980Mbps and solid <1ms latency to hosts on the same local subnet.
Re:Dongle-killing MacBook Pro hub raises $1M to add what App...
by m_mueller on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @12:43AM
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Yep, I had exactly the same thought. Is that some kind of generational difference that everyone seems to think WiFi ist just fine now? Aren't there still tons of corporate networks around that don't allow it?
Re:Dongle-killing MacBook Pro hub raises $1M to add what App...
by danso on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @03:44AM
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Oh boy, this immediately reminded me of a Kickstarter from 2013 -- the Zendock. It only raised 100K but that was decent for a KS back then. The creator tried but eventually couldn't finish the job before the money ran out. Unlike other failed projects in which backers have accepted failure, this one is, 4 years later, still attracting vitriol on a weekly, even daily basis: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coleflournoy/zendock-th...
This "dongle-killer" is a different beast...but I've found that these kind of hardware campaigns rarely go well. It's not just the inevitable missing of deadlines, but the non-guarantee that the creator will get the details right, everything from polish to MFi (when it comes to Apple's mobile devices), never mind long term durability.
It helps that this campaign is from a creator with experience in actually delivering. But when I read the comments from their most recent million-dollar campaign, I don't feel I could trust them to execute well on this https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/isticktm-usb-...
Re:Dongle-killing MacBook Pro hub raises $1M to add what App...
by pholbrook on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:32AM
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"Courage" is a reference to Apple executive Phil Schiller's use of that word to describe Apple's removal of the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 last Fall.
Re:Dongle-killing MacBook Pro hub raises $1M to add what App...
by anotheryou on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:21AM
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I'd be really scared of the lever this creates. Imagine lifting the laptop tha grapping the lower part of the adapter on one side or having a book in the way when you put it down.
Re:Dongle-killing MacBook Pro hub raises $1M to add what App...
by rallycarre on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:19PM
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Does apple make a profit from these adapters? I know they were a key developer of the usb 3.1 c spec and I imagine they probably have several patents on it.
This "dongle-killer" is a different beast...but I've found that these kind of hardware campaigns rarely go well. It's not just the inevitable missing of deadlines, but the non-guarantee that the creator will get the details right, everything from polish to MFi (when it comes to Apple's mobile devices), never mind long term durability.
It helps that this campaign is from a creator with experience in actually delivering. But when I read the comments from their most recent million-dollar campaign, I don't feel I could trust them to execute well on this https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hypershop/isticktm-usb-...