[Intel Certified] Cable Matters 40 Gbps 14-in-1 Thunderbolt Dock with Dual 4K 60Hz DisplayPort or HDMI, 100w Charging, Gigabit Ethernet, Compatible with USB 4 / Thunderbolt 4 for MacBook Pro, Dell

I have tryinig to find a working docking station for my Macbook Air M4. I tried a couple of recommendations from Macworld and other vendors but none worked to play dual monitors. I was looking for USB hubs and/or docking stations that used a single USB C stations. I ordered and received this docking station the next day. It was impressed by weight and stand right off the bat. It was super easy to set up - just connect power and plug into your Mac. Both of my dual monitors worked in extended mode along with the Mac. Finally a dock that worked. I then tried installing a SSD drive and Pluggable SSD enclosure drive. On the other docks only one or the other would connect. Wiht this dock no problem. The network port also working flawlessly giving me a wireless node connection speed to 800 Mbps from my 1 Gig fiber modem over my wireless ASUS node. Best connection I have ever had. For those of you needing a dock for your new Macbook Air M4 this will meet the bill. I also like the fact that Cable Matters is US based company.

Plug and play on my MacBook M3 Pro. Connecting to two 4K monitors through this dock and my KVM switch (working fine with MBP open or closed for three or two total displays). I can plug in one cable and be working instantly.

This seems to be a solid device. I've used it for only a full day with my new 14" Macbook Pro, today is my second day, but it was a long day with about 3 hours of Zoom and WebEx. It's fairly heavy, and comes with a nice weighted base, which I'm not using. Without the base, it's still heavy enough not to get pushed around by loads of stiff and heavy cables. I really like that everything hooks up in the back, so you can make a nice tidy installation. The power supply is substantial, it's a significant brick with a detachable AC cord, including a ground return. I only had two minor issues, which may not have been the fault of the dock. Once when I was moving stuff around (physically) the mouse quit responding, the other, when I did an OS upgrade and it automatically rebooted, with the laptop closed, the displays didn't come up. Both times, I just unplugged and replugged the dock any everything was fine again. It's likely those weren't dock issues. I wish my old PC (an X1 Carbon with the hard dock) were so compliant.I'm running: Two monitors, one is a 4K60Hz on HDMI, the other is 1650x1050(?) 60Hz on an HDMI to DVI converter cable; A GigE hardwired internet; A USB 4 port A/B switch with wired camera, mouse and keyboard.The dock is performing very well. No kinks or glitches with the display or usb, everything is working exactly as you would expect. It's had no issues with the computer going to sleep or anything strange. I did use the microSD port and copied several gig worth of photos from that to my networked NAS and it was pretty quick. When you're up and running it does get warm. I would recommend not stacking it up with a bunch of other gear, I have mine sitting on the desk under the two displays, where it's convenient to access the ports on the front, and like I said earlier about the weight, its not flopping around when you're trying to plug into the SD card or USB port, just one finger on top is enough to steady it when plugging in or out. Another thing I like is that it doesn't waste a bunch of space on USB2 ports. For my purposes they're useless. The two "accessory ports" on front are USBA and USBC 3.1 ports, so good for 5 Gb/s.To be honest, I bought this one because it was the only one available without waiting a week. It was less expensive than many of the others and I could get it delivered the same day, so I thought "what the hell, let's give it a go". I'm glad I did, as its a keeper. Thinking about, for example, the lack of a downstream Thunderbolt, it really isn't an issue. My objective was a convenient one cable dock for my Macbook. The TB4 is only good for 40Gb/s, no magic will increase that in the dock, so if you're running Ethernet, 2 4K displays, USB camera, mouse and keyboards, any attached mass storage is fighting over the scraps left over and isn't going to perform at its best, so if I had a stack of SSD's then I'd go for a second port on the Mac, not try to stick it in with the video! So I'd probably prefer a second Thunderbolt only breakout port just for mass storage. If you're running 1 or 2 DisplayPort or HDMI (or analog) monitors, this dock is very well designed.

Works great. Like the amount of ports and the power delivery to my ASUS Zenbook A14 laptop works great so far. Easy to set up. Basically, plug and play.

Works well enough for acting as a dock, but not great for being a living room dock for an ROG Ally or other computers. It'll connect directly to a TV just fine, but it only passes 2.0 audio and going into a receiver is non-functional. Power works, usb works, but I wouldn't trust other docks with the HDMI/Displayport combo outputs

I REALLY wanted to like this dock. I really did.Plugged it in and it cooperated, or so I thought.Displays work great on my 14” MacBook Pro with M1 Pro - runs dual 4K60hz displays at full resolution with hdr with no problems with bandwidth left over for other peripherals.But then I noticed something weird - the network connection is GARBAGE… like way lower than my WiFi speed. At first I thought it was a new piece of network hardware. Then I thought it was my MacBook. After using it with multiple devices, replacing cables, etc, I reached out to Cable Matters directly. This is where the negative experience was made into a one star product.First, I gave them all the info including the serial and they told me to update the firmware on the device. The firmware can only be installed using a thunderbolt connection and windows. None of my windows computers have thunderbolt, so I borrowed one. The instructions are different based off of the serial number. - different instructions for serials starting with HX or TI… except my serial starts with Y. So after all the back and forth about updating the firmware it turns out my dock doesn’t even need to firmware update - it doesn’t apply to this one and they knew that from my first email but missed it. Ok. Things happen and mistakes are human.The next answer was exceptionally frustrating - they then blamed it on Apple for not having a software development kit for the chipset inside the dock so there is no driver to make it work. They told me I should either buy a new computer or return the dock because “Apple doesn’t seem to want to fix it” claiming it’s a problem with the M series processors. This does not explain why I have the same problem with my older intel MacBook as well as my surface pro and my hp laptops, both of which are running windows 11.So after giving me the runaround, the solution is that if it “bothers” me then I should return it. Guess what? It’s outside the return window because they jacked me around too long. Instead of offering to help me switch to a dock that doesn’t have this issue they again recommended buying a new computer - except a new MacBook would still have a M series processor, no?TLDR Cable Matters made numerous excuses and did nothing to help me with their faulty product that now they say doesn’t work correctly with MacBooks anyways (even though I did not ONLY use it with a MacBook). If you are using Apple Silicon machines, look elsewhere. If you are looking for a product that the customer service department will give truthful and helpful answers, look elsewhere. If you’re willing to chance that the product could be faulty and the company who made it will not care to help, then this is the dock for you.