hello everybody and welcome to bull technology this is my phenomenal 2021 m1 imac
i love this machine and it has edited most of the videos on my channel but it's certainly
not perfect its internal storage is tiny and its port selection is pretty lacking
so today we'll see if this usbc dock can fix some of the imac's flaws today we'll review this
agp tech usbc dock from amazon and in the interest of full disclosure agp tech isn't sponsoring this
video and all of the opinions you're about to hear are entirely my own let's get started
the agp tech usbc dock is a usb hub and external hard drive enclosure it is compatible with mac os
windows and linux systems and retails on amazon for 69.99 a pretty hefty price
if you ask me you can tell by its design that it's primarily intended for use with a mac mini however
i wanted to purchase this dock to use with my imac since many other docking solutions don't
fit my needs this is the box that the dock arrives in and it's a fairly well packaged product taking
the dock out i was incredibly surprised with how well constructed the product was
the upper case portion of the dock appears to be constructed out of aluminum and
overall it feels very sturdy which is good because i plan on setting my imac directly on top of this
dock also included in the box is a usbc cable and mounting equipment for the internal hard
drive enclosure the front portion of the dock includes two usbc type 2 ports and two usbc
3.0 ports as well as a micro and standard sd card reader there are also two indicator lights on the
front for the hard drive and on off state of the dock removing the bottom cover reveals the two and
a half inch hard drive bay and i decided to insert a 250 gigabyte samsung ssd i had laying around
we can now screw on the bottom cover and see how this dock works upon hooking the dock up
to my imac the 250 gigabyte ssd was immediately recognized by mac os and the os treats it like
any external hard drive speeds from my ssd were pretty fast and i have no real complaints with
the storage functionality of the dock i do take issue with the port selection on the dock though
while it is very nice to have additional usb-a ports and an sd card reader the lack of usb-c
ports is annoying especially when you consider that most owners of modern macs will likely have
many usbc compatible devices along with this it is also annoying that there are no rear-facing ports
meaning any devices you'd like to plug into the dock will lead to an unsightly mess of cables
right in front of your imac overall though it's very nice to have additional ports on the front
of my imac and so far i haven't had any real issues plugging in multiple devices into the dock
so there you have it the agp tech usbc dock in its entirety so do i recommend it well let's do
a quick rundown of the pros and cons first the pros the dock is incredibly well constructed and
quality seems to be a non-issue another pro is the inclusion of four usb-a ports and it's
definitely nice to have also nice to have is the sd and micro sd card readers so now the cons
first is definitely the price there's no doubt that this is a well constructed item but the 70
price tag is definitely pretty steep for what is essentially a usb dock that can hold a hard drive
my other main con is the port selection and location of ports
it would have been nice to have at least a few usbc ports and even a few rear-facing ports for
more permanent external devices overall though i would recommend this device it's an elegant
two-in-one solution for mac users who could use more ports and more storage is it a bit pricey
yes but it definitely increases the usability of your mac os powered device so be sure
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