You might mistake Satechi’s new Thunderbolt 5 hub for Apple’s Mac Mini

An image showing Satechi’s new Thunderbolt 5 hub next to a Mac Mini

The CubeDock is roughly the same size as the M4 Mac Mini.

Satechi is launching a new dock that supports Intel’s Thunderbolt 5 technology – and it looks a lot like an Apple Mac Mini. The Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock fits an NVMe SSD enclosure and several ports inside a relatively compact form factor, measuring 5 inches wide and 2 inches tall. And at $399.99, the device is nearly as expensive as a base M4 Mac Mini, too.

Along with three Thunderbolt 5 downstream ports that offer up to 120Gbps speeds, the Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock comes with 10Gbps USB-C and USB-A ports, UHS-II SD and microSD card slots, and a 2.5Gb Ethernet port. It can also deliver up to 140W of power to a host device and 30W for smartphones …

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