Satechi at the moment is maintaining its CES 2024 reveals with a brand new and improved model of its unqiue Stand and Hub for Mac Mini. The brand new model improves the expertise with some high quality of life updates for Apple’s newest Mac mini and Studio, all whereas preserving the identical footprint. It’s additionally on sale at launch, dropping the same old $100 price ticket all the way down to $79.99 shipped with code CES20. That’s a 20% off launch low cost and the primary likelihood to save lots of on this new launch.
Satechi’s present Stand and Hub first hit the scene again in 2021 with the purpose of including some front-facing I/O to your Mac mini. It has a enjoyable design that rests proper beneath your desktop Mac, and is now additionally suitable with the newer Mac Studio. Now with the refreshed model, Satechi is merging all of that very same focus with some extra fashionable specs to match Apple’s newest M2 desktops. Oh, and the identical aluminum design after all stays – it wouldn’t be Satechi with out it!
One of many largest points with the earlier model is that the interior SSD slot was solely designed for M.2 SATA drives. It wasn’t the only option a number of years again, and is among the greater limitations in 2024. Now Satechi is refreshing it with correct NVMe assist, so you possibly can plug in your fancy new SSD and get higher speeds. This could imply you’ll be capable to truly edit footage off the companion drive, versus utilizing it extra for backups and storage. The Stand and Hub nonetheless options the identical three USB-A slots and single USB-C port on the entrance, in addition to micro and SD card readers and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
We discovered it to be a vital improve for Mac mini house owners in our earlier Examined with 9to5Toys assessment that have a look at it as an M1 companion. I’ve been making an attempt out the newer model with NVMe SSD slot with my Mac Studio and forward of sharing a full assessment, need to say that even simply that adjustment makes it worthy of an improve. Within the meantime, you possibly can see for your self whereas saving $20 on the brand new launch by making use of code CES20 at checkout.
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