At CES 2025, Satechi launched a brand new accent for the Mac Mini that mixes a stand with some useful extra ports for the Apple laptop. The Mac Mini M4 Stand & Hub with SSD Enclosure will launch on February 17 with restricted availability; the corporate expects the product to be broadly out there in March. It’s going to retail for $100.
One of many essential promoting factors of this merchandise is that it makes accessing the petite PC’s energy button simpler. The stand elevates the Mac Mini off your desk, however leaves a concave house so to attain the facility button on the underside of its rear aspect. This awkward location was one of many only a few dings we had in opposition to the Mac Mini M4 in our overview of the pc.
On the entrance of the hub are USB-A 3.2 and a pair of.0 ports, in addition to an SD card reader that guarantees speeds of “as much as 312MB/s” for file transfers. The SSD enclosure lets you add as much as 4TB of NVMe storage for the Mac Mini. The hub has a recessed house on the high to maintain from obstructing the Mac Mini’s followers, and it comes with its personal backside vents as nicely.
Design-wise, the stand seems to be like a barely squatter model of the Mac Mini, boasting an identical end and profile to the pc. There are quite a lot of high quality USB-C hubs in the marketplace, however prospects who favor the Mac Mini for its simplicity and small footprint may admire how cleanly this Satechi accent pairs with the machine.
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