06-08-2020, 09:48 AM
Unlike most here, apparently, I'm pretty much OK with Apple's penchant for design elegance over function.
But occasionally I do find it inconvenient for a quick, temporary connection for one reason or another.
The Satechi Type-C Aluminum Stand & Hub is a very nice bit of kit that allows the mini to preserve its industrial-chíc but have some ports on the front for those times when moving the mini around to get to a port via the Helen Keller method just won't do.
It's a match to the space-gray of the 2018/2020 minis. Outsourcing ports to the front of another fairly slick looking device keeps the mini looking slick and lets me feel ok about any wire tangle and port :
hudder:: in plain sight. SD cards and drives are pretty temporary by nature so I'm good with that, too.
It also has a fan which is supposed to help cool the mini.
The reviews are mixed, so I'm debating on pulling the trigger for the moment.
Returns are fairly painless, though.
But occasionally I do find it inconvenient for a quick, temporary connection for one reason or another.
The Satechi Type-C Aluminum Stand & Hub is a very nice bit of kit that allows the mini to preserve its industrial-chíc but have some ports on the front for those times when moving the mini around to get to a port via the Helen Keller method just won't do.
It's a match to the space-gray of the 2018/2020 minis. Outsourcing ports to the front of another fairly slick looking device keeps the mini looking slick and lets me feel ok about any wire tangle and port :
hudder:: in plain sight. SD cards and drives are pretty temporary by nature so I'm good with that, too.It also has a fan which is supposed to help cool the mini.
The reviews are mixed, so I'm debating on pulling the trigger for the moment.
Returns are fairly painless, though.