Satechi’s official Amazon storefront now offers the Satechi Stand and Hub for Mac mini at $89.99 shipped. This is the new and improved version that just launched to start the year and comes equipped with a new and improved NVME SSD slot. It drops from $100 as only the second discount so far. This is the second-best price to date at $10 off, too, and comes within $10 of the all-time low from back in January. We take a closer look at what to expect in our Tested with 9to5Toys review, too.
Satechi’s current Stand and Hub first hit the scene back in 2021 with the goal of adding some front-facing I/O to your Mac mini. It has a fun design that rests right underneath your desktop Mac, and is now also compatible with the newer Mac Studio. Now with the refreshed version, Satechi is merging all of that same focus with some more modern specs to match Apple’s latest M2 desktops. Oh, and the same aluminum design of course remains – it wouldn’t be Satechi without it!
One of the biggest issues with the previous version is that the internal SSD slot was only designed for M.2 SATA drives. It wasn’t the best choice a few years back, and is one of the bigger limitations in 2024. Now Satechi is refreshing it with proper NVMe support, so you can plug in your fancy new SSD and get better speeds. This should mean you’ll be able to actually edit footage off the companion drive, versus using it more for backups and storage. The Stand and Hub still features the same three USB-A slots and single USB-C port on the front, as well as micro and SD card readers and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Satechi Stand and Hub for Mac mini features:
Say goodbye to storage limitations, our Mac Mini Hub supports M.2 SSD (NVMe Pcie/NGFF SATA) with speed limit up to 10Gbps and sizes 2242/2260/2280 for convenient storage. Please note: SSD is not included. The Mac Mini Stand & Hub features a USB-C data port (10Gbps), 2x USB-A ports (5Gbps), 1x USB-A (10Gbps), a micro/SD card reader (104 Mbps), and a 3.5mm headphone jack port for convenient access to your essential peripherals.
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