This docking station turns the Surface Pro into a Surface Studio
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Date: 2022-03-15
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Trae
-PCWorld -- In this video, you said that you'd have to rely on a Bluetooth keyboard. That is not the case, the Microsoft keyboard, and mouse, along with other brands like Logitech, use small USB 'dongle' for connection and it plugs & plays immediately. The USB ports on the back of the unit, or the exposed USB on the Surface itself, would work just fine with the mini-dongles, as I have used for my own Surface 2017 in the past. --- Certainly, the unit is expensive. I'm surprised that Microsoft didn't just buy the design outright and market this as a midway play towards emulation of the Surface Studio. -- This does outperform the Microsoft dock, and I cannot wait for future versions that include the graphics card and storage capacity of a desktop computer. Then, it could be marketed as a 3-in-one. A desktop computer for at home or work, a dependable laptop for the boardroom, and a tablet for reading the news or watching Youtube.
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-PCWorld -- In this video, you said that you'd have to rely on a Bluetooth keyboard. That is not the case, the Microsoft keyboard, and mouse, along with other brands like Logitech, use small USB 'dongle' for connection and it plugs & plays immediately. The USB ports on the back of the unit, or the exposed USB on the Surface itself, would work just fine with the mini-dongles, as I have used for my own Surface 2017 in the past. --- Certainly, the unit is expensive. I'm surprised that Microsoft didn't just buy the design outright and market this as a midway play towards emulation of the Surface Studio. -- This does outperform the Microsoft dock, and I cannot wait for future versions that include the graphics card and storage capacity of a desktop computer. Then, it could be marketed as a 3-in-one. A desktop computer for at home or work, a dependable laptop for the boardroom, and a tablet for reading the news or watching Youtube.
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Kyamil
Also, this looks like it was created back in 2009, OK. The design is awful, has nothing to do with the Surface aesthetic, the color is not the same (how can it be, if this is plastic) and having all of this in mind, I doubt it will be providing an adequate power delivery for more powerful models (if MSFT manages to squeeze them in the same dimensions as the P4, P5 and P6. Also, that price - for plastic and no protections, nah. Uh-huh - no way. I'd rather pay more for a dock with USB Type-C than pay for this ugly fcking monstrosity of a design. It's horrific! It's damned near impossible to take such a fluid and modern design (Surface) and make it ugly, but hey - Kensington have managed to do it PERFECTLY. Bravo. BRA-fcking-VO!
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Also, this looks like it was created back in 2009, OK. The design is awful, has nothing to do with the Surface aesthetic, the color is not the same (how can it be, if this is plastic) and having all of this in mind, I doubt it will be providing an adequate power delivery for more powerful models (if MSFT manages to squeeze them in the same dimensions as the P4, P5 and P6. Also, that price - for plastic and no protections, nah. Uh-huh - no way. I'd rather pay more for a dock with USB Type-C than pay for this ugly fcking monstrosity of a design. It's horrific! It's damned near impossible to take such a fluid and modern design (Surface) and make it ugly, but hey - Kensington have managed to do it PERFECTLY. Bravo. BRA-fcking-VO!
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Mariku
i can see the uses for a dock like this and with the added type C -Connector i this would be a big benefit if you were looking to turn your surface into something more. if Microsoft got their shit together and just added the type c port to begin with things like this wouldn't be needed but hay hook up your surface to your other monitors add a type c dock with external gfx card and hdd/sdd you could have a mini command center - i just wished they showed how the surface interacts with the ports on the dock
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i can see the uses for a dock like this and with the added type C -Connector i this would be a big benefit if you were looking to turn your surface into something more. if Microsoft got their shit together and just added the type c port to begin with things like this wouldn't be needed but hay hook up your surface to your other monitors add a type c dock with external gfx card and hdd/sdd you could have a mini command center - i just wished they showed how the surface interacts with the ports on the dock
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The full sized DP port is actually DP++, which supports DP, HDMI, DVI, and VGA. I wonder if the Surface can handle dual display outs, if not, you get basically any display out needed plus a native DP and native HDMI.
Between the dock itself, and the expandability, the price actually isn't too bad. Hopefully future revisions allow for full vertical and full horizontal tilts, better smoothness of moving the tilt, and other minor upgrades.
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The full sized DP port is actually DP++, which supports DP, HDMI, DVI, and VGA. I wonder if the Surface can handle dual display outs, if not, you get basically any display out needed plus a native DP and native HDMI.
Between the dock itself, and the expandability, the price actually isn't too bad. Hopefully future revisions allow for full vertical and full horizontal tilts, better smoothness of moving the tilt, and other minor upgrades.
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Kyamil
AW MAI GAWD! What's with this clumsy fkcing bloke! Are you bloody hand-tarded? Half of the the time you're just trying to unpack something that a 4-y. o. would do faster! Great vid, other than that. And, thank you, Adam for not letting him do it -on his own- - what with the manual and not having the slightest idea about HOW TO OPEN A BOX. I appreciate you helping him out.
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AW MAI GAWD! What's with this clumsy fkcing bloke! Are you bloody hand-tarded? Half of the the time you're just trying to unpack something that a 4-y. o. would do faster! Great vid, other than that. And, thank you, Adam for not letting him do it -on his own- - what with the manual and not having the slightest idea about HOW TO OPEN A BOX. I appreciate you helping him out.
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Roman
you could get a Surface Dock and external monitor for nearly the same price, enabling you to continue using the Surface as a second display. Furthermore the Surface Dock got a magnetic connector which is faster to connect since you don't need to slide the tablet into the base
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you could get a Surface Dock and external monitor for nearly the same price, enabling you to continue using the Surface as a second display. Furthermore the Surface Dock got a magnetic connector which is faster to connect since you don't need to slide the tablet into the base
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Franz
Too expensive! You can almost get a used Surface Pro 3 for that price. Maybe if it comes with a keyboard and mouse? Still expensive though and I'd rather get the Surface Pro 3 or better yet, a 6th gen iPad; -)
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Too expensive! You can almost get a used Surface Pro 3 for that price. Maybe if it comes with a keyboard and mouse? Still expensive though and I'd rather get the Surface Pro 3 or better yet, a 6th gen iPad; -)
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Atlas
or, and hear me out, just use the kickstand. And if you want the ports, hear me out, get a dongle. $20 dongle and you have literally the same thing you have there.
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or, and hear me out, just use the kickstand. And if you want the ports, hear me out, get a dongle. $20 dongle and you have literally the same thing you have there.
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Mohd
That is one useless product. Why would anyone need a dock other than editing and stuff. and surface pro is too small for editing on a dock and for 75 bucks BIG NO!
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That is one useless product. Why would anyone need a dock other than editing and stuff. and surface pro is too small for editing on a dock and for 75 bucks BIG NO!
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Joshua
So clumsy, amateurish and messy. Two twelve-year-olds could have produced a better video review. Pathetic, guys. How are you even employed?
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So clumsy, amateurish and messy. Two twelve-year-olds could have produced a better video review. Pathetic, guys. How are you even employed?
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