A brand new leak has revealed what’s believed to be an upcoming Floor Dock 3. Noticed on eBay is what Home windows Central’s Zac Bowden thinks is a brand new Floor Dock mannequin that primarily ditches the normal Floor Join port for Thunderbolt 4 connectivity as an alternative, and all in a sleeker-looking package deal.
Judging from the eBay photos, we will see that this is without doubt one of the largest redesigns for a Floor Dock but. It appears to be like to be a lot slimmer than the Floor Dock 2 in dimension. There’s additionally USB-A and USB-C on the entrance, as an alternative of twin USB-C as you get on Floor Dock 2. The rear ports haven’t modified, and there is nonetheless a group of USB-C, USB-A, an audio jack, the Ethernet port, and the facility enter.
What’s extra necessary, although, is that Bowden believes this dock options Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, which provides sooner information switch charges. That’d be an enormous win for photographers and video editors and anybody who is consistently transferring information between PCs. The opposite win? The truth that Microsoft has ditched Floor Join implies that the dock is now usable with extra PCs, because the magnetic Floor Join adapter is just discovered on Microsoft’s Floor units.
If you happen to’re questioning if that is only a late April idiot’s prank, it is not. The authenticity of this itemizing has been confirmed by Bowden, and he even talked about that the dock is codenamed “Bergamo.” Including to the authenticity, he mentioned it’d even be launched in “the subsequent handful of weeks.”
We’ll have to attend and see what which means, however it’s not unusual for Microsoft to refresh its units and equipment within the spring or late summer season. For instance, final yr we bought the Floor Laptop computer Go 2 round June. Microsoft additionally has a lineup of “fashionable” equipment, too which work nice with different PCs, so it is not too surprising if the subsequent Floor Dock turns into extra common.
The eBay itemizing itself continues to be up on the time of writing and has the choice to “purchase it now” for $40. It is also displaying that three have been bought previously.
Supply: Home windows Central
