This new docking station is a multitasking dream for MacBook owners

The Plugable UD-6950PDZ docking station, front and back

(Image credit: Pluggable)

When the MacBook Pro 2021 was announced, and Apple alleged its latest Mac would back up up dual 6K displays and ane 4K display (at to the lowest degree for the M1 Max), the world of creative professionals probably wondered how they'd manage all those systems.

Pluggable just went total-tilt on a new solution to brand it all seamlessly work together.

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Meet the Plugable UD-6950PDZ, just revealed for CES 2022. This docking station is, according to Plugable at to the lowest degree, the first docking station with a trio of 4K HDMI ports and a trio of 4K DisplayPort ports. No 6K monitor support, sadly.

And, no, this isn't for someone looking to use six monitors, but just giving you the option for DisplayPort or HDMI for each of your three panels. Because giving you every single option for how you want to set up your desk is exactly what a dock should do.

Check out these closeups from the rear:

For those counting forth at home, y'all also get six USB 3.0 (USB-A) ports, a Gigabit Ethernet jack, an audio in/out port and a 60W USB-C ability port for powering your computer.

That power-to-computer port supports both Thunderbolt iv (institute in the latest MacBook Pros), Thunderbolt iii, USB 4 and USB-C. Pluggable notes for uniform systems have USB-C DisplayPort Alternate Style and USB-C Power Delivery, and highlights the M1 MacBooks, Dell XPS and Breadth laptops and Lenovo's laptops as those that will be uniform.

Three monitors and a laptop connected with the Plugable UD-6950PDZ docking station — (Image credit: Pluggable)

The Plugable UD-6950PDZ is coming out in Q1 2022, and will cost $249 — which may put information technology out of accomplish for many consumers.

Plugable UD-6950PDZ outlook

This should, one hopes, give yous more than enough ports for what you need. By its very name and nature, a docking station should exist a "one plug and yous're in" affair. Comparing it to pop big-budget docking stations, the Plugable UD-6950PDZ does have more Type-A USB ports than about, and its monitors situation is unparalleled.

Personally, I'm excited to come across six USB-A ports on a docking station. While the Plugable UD-6950PDZ may not exist targeted at creators, I'm happy to note that information technology'due south able to do what many consumer-level docks don't: requite me enough ports for my external keyboard, mouse, webcam, capture card, ring light and Steam Deck.

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom's Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the past half dozen-plus years. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He'south also covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other manufacture veterans.

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This new docking station is a multitasking dream for MacBook owners