Hands-on: HyperDrive Thunderbolt 3 USB-C Hub for MacBook Pro

30 Comments on Hands-on: HyperDrive Thunderbolt 3 USB-C Hub for MacBook Pro

1. Whats that green cable? sweet color

2. It still ticks me off that we have to buy something like this.

   • That’s cheap. I seen one adapter that was $300. It may have had more ports
     though.

   • You don’t have to. You don’t have to buy this computer at all. Quit
     complaining.

   • +Luis Gardea Your an IDIOT.

   • People like you really piss me off. YOU are not the only one apple sells to.

   • you don’t just buy the cable that you need. I did for about under $30 not
     one dongle or adapter needed. Just saying

3. Seriously? buying USB hub for a 3-4k computer doesn’t make sense. I
   returned mine. The 2015 is way better more versatile. Epic fail. Apple is
   going down really fast.

   • Why? The 2016 model has a much brighter display, thinner & lighter and has
     infinitely better speakers (soooo much better than the terrible speakers on
     the Macbook Pro 2015). But that said, the 2016 Macbook Pro has terrible
     battery life. Expect about 1 HOUR, yes 1 HOUR of heavy workload. That’s
     all. Just ONE hour. -.- Maybe two hours if you turn off the display lol.

   • Kameel I did experience the awful battery life but I also experience random
     blacks and flickering on the screen due to bugs with the video card. The
     screen is better than last year but the speakers were making a cracking
     sound and it was louder from one side. The machine needs to be redesigned
     make it fatter put all the ports and a huge battery and we are talking.
     Apple has become obsessed with thinness. .

   • jennifergala You’re paying for the ability to have any port you desire at
     the moment. You’re paying an early adopter premium for the USB-C/better
     wireless future.

   • Yes but when that wireless future arrives, this Macbook pro will be
     obsolete.

   • +Andrew Kimberley The wireless future is well within this product’s
     lifetime. Not the ultimate form of it but a well-functioning one. Something
     has to usher it in. If nobody forces the industry nothing happens. Look how
     long laptops took to climb out of the 1366×768 hell they were in. They sure
     didn’t do it by themselves either, Apple forced it.

4. Jeff, can you test the HDMI on this adapter? I have a issue with my HooToo
   adapter. And some people on the internet have the same issue. You can see
   the discussion here
   http://blog.fosketts.net/2016/11/26/beware-usb-c-hdmi-adapters-flaky-2016-macbook-pro/.
   Sometimes I have to reboot my MacBook to make the monitor detect the HDMI
   signal. This hyperdrive adapter is the closers tone to perfect, I wish it
   doesn’t have the same issue.

5. Something like that Should Have come Included With this Controversial book

6. Is there one for the 12″ macbook? Im sick of only having one port

7. This is basically what I think the future is. You connect everything to a
   hub at your work; and when the day is done, just eject the hub and you have
   a full laptop.

   • welcome to the business laptops (thinkpad) world!

8. I wish it had just one more usb a port on it

9. hdmi at 30… sigh.

10. It bothers me that it doesn’t ship until March, yet you can find something
    similar on Amazon right now…

11. they should adapt the style like satechi slim dongle (it shoudnt be flush
    with macbook connecting hdmi cable wud be weird with this style of hub.tge
    hub shud have a cable to connect with the mbp) and 2nd usb c shud be gen
    3.1

12. Then I guess the ports aren’t a problem with only adapter…

13. Would have been nice to have an ethernet port, thunderbolt 2, a mic in &
    optical audio out and maybe even a fw800 on it on it at the bottom. I mean,
    if a single thunderbolt 1 cable could do usb, fw800, video & audio, camera
    (see Apple thunderbolt display), then surely a single thunderbolt 3 would
    have bandwidth for all this + more.

14. Does it stay in place when you lift the Mac, or is it wobbly? Looks like it
    might bend?

15. weight?

16. ‘It’s all connected’
    But can the cpu work with all those connected devices at the same time.

17. awesome innovative and will try them out for it might be a for now life
    safer in terms of adaption and connectivity

18. apple should have put one of those inside the package and EVERYONE would
    have been satisfied

19. $69 for a usb hub!? I wish Santa can give me one this year. also it’s quite
    dangerous imo. I use stands, it can easily break my (only) 2 usb ports if I
    accidentally put too much pressure on it.