Comments on: Quick Look: Henge Dock for MacBook and MacBook Pro

By: Darwin

Darwin — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:35:23 +0000

That’s nice. We aren’t talking about PC’s.

By: John Seipp

John Seipp — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:44:47 +0000

Chriet, from my perspective there are two advantages. The first is convenience, just being able to drop it in the dock or pull it out rather than plugging in 8 cables (power, headphone, 3 usb, firewire, display, microphone) and then unplugging 8 cables…minor but still more convenient. The bigger factor is getting the MBP vertical and off in a corner away from my work space rather than a horizontal footprint right in front of me. I have all the screen real estate I need with my Cinema Display, the premium is on space for things like speakers, mixer/amp, iPad dock, iPhone dock, etc. in the work space right around the monitor.

By: Chriet Titulaer

Chriet Titulaer — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:26:26 +0000

I’ve never understood the need to add more hardware to your already cluttered desktop. Does a dock really reduce desktop clutter? And why would you want to close your laptop? Don’t you want the benefit of two screens instead of one?

By: Laurence Gonsalves

Laurence Gonsalves — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:39:08 +0000

The point of a dock is to be able to easily connect to all of your desktop peripherals, not to run in “clamshell mode”. You could do the latter even without a dock.

The inability to use the built-in display is also a potential downside to this style of dock for some users. I currently use my MBP on my desk the vast majority of the time and having the built-in display available as a secondary screen is surprisingly handy. Of course, I do have to plug in something like 6 cables which is a lot less convenient (and a lot uglier) than a dock, so I’d be interested in a dock that let me plug-in/unplug easily (and hopefully contain some of the clutter) while still letting me use the built-in screen.

By: John Seipp

John Seipp — Mon, 09 May 2011 23:48:24 +0000

This story contains a MAJOR inaccuracy. In point of fact Henge does NOT currently offer a mini display port extension cable, only adaptors from mdp to other formats. So, if one wants to use the Dock with a Cinema Display (surely not an unusual set up) then the dock MUST be placed close enough to the Cinema Display for the integrated cable to reach the dock.

I have found this out the hard way, having owned a dock since January and still unable to use as the spot I would like to place it is not within a foot of my Cinema Display. I have investigate several 3rd party extensions, but none match the size specs of Apple cables, and tolerances on the Henge dock are so tight that anything even slightly larger will not fit the cutout. Henge has been saying for 3 months they are having extensions fabricated, but do NOT offer them yet.

So if you are planning to pair a MacBook Pro with a Cinema Display, buyer beware! You must, at this point, place the dock within reach of that CD cable…so basically right next to it!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:12:55 +0000

PC docks *abound* …

By: curtismchale

curtismchale — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:06:40 +0000

I’ve had my Henge Dock for a few months and it’s awesome. My only compliant is that they put the screws on the same side as the Apple logo. In my case I’ve got a nice Ironman Sticker on the lid and I’ve got to look at the screws if I want to show it off on the desk.