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Re:macOS Big Sur Preview by MikeKusold on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:47PM (#23607202)
Any recommendations on a TB3 dock? I recently searched for one, and none of the top rated ones can support a 16" MBP power requirements. One of the manufacturers even went as far as saying "How often do you really use your CPU/GPU at 100%?"[0]

Dell and HP have higher powered docks, but there are many conflicting reports on if it can deliver 96W to non-dell/hp laptops.

TB3/USB-C is a giant mess that is too confusing for even techies to reliably navigate.

[0] - https://www.caldigit.com/using-the-16-macbook-pro-with-the-c...

Re:macOS Big Sur Preview by indemnity on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:31PM (#23608667)
CalDigit TS3 Plus: I have a 16” MBP and two 4K monitors, keyboard and mouse attached to it.

Charging works fine even though I don’t think it pumps same power as PSU out.

I do a lot of Rust programming and use VMs too. Haven’t run into a situation where it runs out of juice while attached.

Re:macOS Big Sur Preview by cjcampbell on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @12:31PM (#23616246)
I can second this recommendation. Not cheap, but this dock has been excellent.
Re:macOS Big Sur Preview by philjohn on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:54PM (#23607293)
Looking at the link, if you peg the CPU and GPU to 100% even the charger that comes with the MBP will struggle.

Another 100w option is the Targus dock - https://us.targus.com/products/usb-c-universal-quad-4k-docki...

Re:macOS Big Sur Preview by Keloran on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:03PM (#23607397)
Personally I find the razer core x chroma really good

It’s a hub secondary, and an egpu primarily, but it works fine to power my

Personal 2019 mbp 13 (1.7 i7, 16gb)

Personal Lenovo s740

Work 2019 mbp 16 (2.8 i7, 16gb)