NEW Microsoft Surface Dock 2, Ethernet For Notebook

I've been using a Surface Dock 2 (purchased from another retailer) with a Surface Pro X. I connected the Dock to the monitor using a VGA adapter I'd been using with an older computer. At first the new setup worked fine but after a few months the monitor began to flicker. Sometimes the monitor wouldn't display anything at all. Each time I turned the computer on I had to fiddle with the connection but eventually, fiddling no longer worked. Eventually I stopped trying and made due with just the Pro X monitor. Needless to say, I was quite frustrated. As time when y I continued to search for a solution directly with Microsoft, on the web and here on Amazon's pages. I noted that many other Dock 2 users were having similar frustrations. The monitor I was using was an older model so I bought a one. The problems continued with the new monitor. Thinking the VGA cable I was using might have been the source of the trouble, I tried a new one of those, another VGA. That didn't fix the issues either. Well, the other day I decided to take last shot with an HDMI cable, purchased here on Amazon (USB C - HDMI 6 ft Benfei) for about $10. Today I plugged it in. Immediately, the monitor worked flawlessly! I don't know if all VGA connectors fail with the Dock 2 but clearly, mine did. So my recommendation is to go the HDMI route from the start and save yourself a lot of potential grief. By the way, I've loved the Pro X itself from the beginning.

Works great with the surface studio laptop. I have a 5120x1440 monitor that I have a single USB-C to DisplayPort cable connected to the dock. It is able to drive that monitor in HDR without any issues. Charging is at full speed as well. It also has a gigabit Ethernet connection They provide enough usb ports for a non insane person. My desktop on the other hand uses about 15 usb ports and has a hub. I haven’t required a use case with this dock to add much and don’t really fill them all. If your laptop is your primary computer then I could see the need to buy a hub in addition to this dock Works great with the surface studio laptop. I have a 5120x1440 monitor that I have a single USB-C to DisplayPort cable connected to the dock. It is able to drive that monitor in HDR without any issues. Charging is at full speed as well. It also has a gigabit Ethernet connection or at least what my router is reporting. They provide enough usb ports for a non insane person. My desktop on the other hand uses about 15 usb ports and has a hub. I haven’t required a use case with this dock to add much and don’t really fill them all. If your laptop is your primary computer then I could see the need to buy a hub in addition to this dock. I don’t know if anything gets bottlenecked. But it seems to handle a lot of data transfer over this thin cable. Very satisfied about how slick and robust this dock is.

I have a Surface Laptop 4 that I wanted to dock into a more desktop PC like setup with a mouse, keyboard, and external monitor, but I didn't want a bunch of cables hanging out of the laptop and that I would have to yank when I wanted to take the laptop on the go. I initially thought of getting a USB C hub with charging support and lots of USBs and HDMI etc, because the Surface does support charging and display over USB C, but I decided to splurge and get the official Microsoft Surface Dock 2 instead, as I love the magnetic Surface connector. Now I can plug everything and the kitchen sink into my laptop with just one cable. So far the only things I have plugged into the dock are the receiver for my mouse, the 3.5mm audio cable going to a Bluetooth speaker that doubles as my PC speaker, and a cable in one of the front USB C ports to charge my phone and other devices at my desk. I do not yet have my external monitor (letting my bank account recover from buying this dock haha). I plan on getting a ~24" 1440p display, I may just go with one that has native USB C display support, or HDMI with an adapter cable, however some people have reported having touble doing this unless they purchased an expensive Microsoft HDMI to USB C adapter, so I will research a bit more. I will also update this review if I have trouble connecting an external display. The quality as with most official Microsoft products is really good. The dock is a hefty black box, and it feels really solid. The entire bottom is covered in a grippy rubber, so it will definitely stay put on your desk and won't flop around or get pulled off the desk top by a ton of cables being plugged in or anything. All the ports feel high quality too, the USB C ports all have a good firm click when plugging in accessories. The AC adapter brick is amusingly a bit larger than the dock itself, but the max power output of this thing is almost 200w so that's understandable. All the cables used to connect the dock are really sturdy feeling and chunky, but they are not stiff. They are still flexible enough to route them however you need for your setup. Overall, if you can drop the cash for the convenience and you have a compatible Surface PC I would highly recommend this dock! I mostly just use mine for home use, and hobby content creation like digital drawing and dabbling with music production software etc, but this would also be a great office or work-from-home companion as well.

Perfect technology to give flexibility to a Surface for connectivity of peripherals,... USB, HDMI

Estuve pensando comprar un Dock Thunderbolt para utilizar con mi Surface Laptop Studio, ya que solo tiene 2 puertos USB-C con Thunderbolt, pero ya que tengo otros 2 dispositivos Surface (Pro 7 y Go 2) pensé que sería una mejor inversión este ultimo ya que les pemitiría acceder a los mismos recursos. El Surface Dock 2 es bonito, a pesar de que simplemente es una "cajita con ranuras". Se siente premium al tocarlo...su exterior, el cable de calidad y con un plástico muy fino. Es PESADO, para nada ligero...pero esto hace que lo puedas colocar en un sitio en el escritorio y que no se deslice o que lo puedas empujar fácilmente y que se caiga, aparte tiene sistema anti-derrapante, por lo que se queda donde lo colocas. El cable de conección a la laptop tiene muy buena longitud, por lo que te ayuda a posicionar bien el dispositivo en tu área de trabajo. Conectores: Tiene casi todo lo que necesitas. Tengo conectados 2 dispositivos USB-A, 1 USB-C y 2 Monitores HD. Utilicé la conección LAN sin problemas, aunque normalmente no la requiero. La carga es de 100 watts, por lo que carga mis laptops rapidísimo. ¿Qué podría pedir del dispositivo? Me hubiera gustado tener 2 salidas HDMI nativas para no tener que conectar 2 adaptadores USB-C a HDMI Me gustaría fuera un poco menos caro Me gustaría que pudiera ser utilizado por otro sistema de dispositivos, por medio de conección con Thunderbolt. Pero ahora es rápido y eficiente simplemente conectar un cable a mi latpop y tener TODO listo y a la mano: monitores, mouse, teclado, impresora, escáner. Muy satisfecho con la compra.

I had purchase this product on Amazon. After using it for few months know I am having some trouble with it. I contact Microsoft and they said that this product is not covered under their warranty as it is not sold by Microsoft India. It has been imported by someone and sold into India. At least we expect the Amazon vendors to inform the buyers that this product will not be covered under any warranty. I feel cheated

Working perfectly with my Surface pro 7 and external monitor via Uni usbc- to HDMI cable. It is worth every single cent

Recibí el producto sin ningún problema o desperfecto. Su compatibilidad con mi Surface Pro 9 se siente muy natural y sin ningún inconveniente. Algunas consideraciones que se deben tener en cuenta antes de la compra: - Es un producto muy poco portable ya que es pesado y bromoso. Cuenta con una base hecha de material antiderrapante diseñado para estar fijo en un escritorio o cualquier superficie plana. Esto es parte de su diseño como un dock de escritorio, por lo que si estas buscando un hub de acoplamiento que provea puertos extras a tu Surface y que puedas traer de manera portátil cómodamente, este no es el producto ideal. - Considerar que no tiene entradas HDMI para display, ya que ambos puertos para este fin son USB-C. Si se desea acoplar a un monitores externos a través de HDMI es necesario un adaptador adicional.