Best docking station for Mac mini M4/M4 Pro with all essential ports

Does anyone know if it is expected to be released a docking station for the new Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro with all relevant ports and interfaces?

By relevant I mean traditional USB-A and SD Card reader on the front + jack 3.5mm and USB-A on the back + NVME disk slot.

I see a lot of new docking stations but none of them have "everything" I consider important.

The majority don't include a jack 3.5mm on the back for speakers nor a USB-A on the back for a web cam.

The only one I consider to be "complete", so far, is the "RayCue Mac Mini M4 Dock", but it misses the height or the leverage to facilitate the click on the Mac Mini button and its reviews are disapointing...

Do you know any other solution that meets the expectations I described?

Am I the only one with all of these "needs" ?

Thank you very much.

Kind regards

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Posted on Jan 16, 2025 2:40 AM

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varjak paw

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Posted on Jan 16, 2025 2:23 PM

Nothing else is going to give you easy access to the power button, though I've seen people report that they just put the mini on its side. Whether that would affect cooling I can't confirm. I also haven't yet found a dock that has an analog audio output on the back, probably because most people want to use headphones and so want the output on the front. With enough open ports, you could consider a USB-to-analog adapter. As to your other requirements, if you can go without an NVME slot that opens up other possibilities. Here's another one you could look at:

https://www.owc.com/solutions/thunderbolt-3-dock-14-port

There are other vendors making docks with similar specs including the aforementioned Satechi.

Regards.

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