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Finally, a decent MacBook Dock?

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Ever since I bought my MacBook I’ve wondered why Apple or anyone else for that matter didn’t make a decent docking station.  Given that the MacBook will happily support an additional monitor and will happily work with the lid closed when connected to a power supply it makes perfect sense.

Simply drop the MacBook into the docking station to which you’ve already connected your charger and peripherals and away you go.Henge MacBook Dock

Well it seems that we may finally have a decent solution , the Henge Dock.  OK, it’s not exactly out of the Jonathan Ives book of design but it’s not pig ugly either.  As far as I can tell it’s selling as quickly as Henge can make them with all versions currently sold out.  Frankly I’m not surprised, the only mystery is why it’s taken someone so long to get something like this together.

ArcBook MacBook Stand

Wouldn’t it be great if Henge got into bed with Twelvesouth who produce the fine looking BookArc and came up with something inbetween.  Now that would sell in serious numbers.

As yet I haven’t been able to establish if Henge ship their docks internationally but I’ve signed up to be notified when the model I require is back in stock and will try and order one then, should it arrive in a timely fashion I’ll do a review.

Why 3d films are just a money making gimmick

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Well I’d been preparing a long and thoughtful post about why I believe the latest 3d craze in film is just a big con when someone far more erudite, Roger Ebert no less, beat me to it.

I would just add that 3d is in my opinion being pushed by the studios for the following reasons, to increase ticket prices, to combat piracy and to sell the next range of 3d hardware.

In the vast majority of cases it adds nothing to the movie going experience and this latest fad of retro-fitting 3d to films as an afterthought is just nonsense.

With cinemas now populated in the main by air-headed teenagers chatting and playing with their phones these gimmicks and spectacle films are presumably required to grab their attention.

Remember when the story and the characters did that?  I’m very much looking forward to Toy Story 3 and trust that Pixar will have the sense to make it available in 2d.