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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Brent Wilson

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Posted on Feb 5, 2025 10:24 AM

Hi Antonio ...

I am with you all the way concerning your needs for a total package docking station for my Mini M4 Pro. Rear 3.5mm audio jack, easy power button access, rear port for webcam, and 8TB NVMe ssd for Time Machine are things I am interested in. I am not interested in SD slots. I have reviewed models from:

Satechi

Gewokly

Raycue

PULWTOP

AKKYAJAURE

The PULWTOP comes closest to what I want but reviews say that the Mini M4 slides around on top of the dock and does not "seat" onto it. Otherwise I would buy that one. One reviewer mentioned using two sided tape on it. I wish I could take what I like best features from each and make one.

I am disappointed that OWC has not come forward with an offering under their brand. I like their quality.

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Feb 1, 2025 12:22 AM in response to antoniomsvenancio

Are you talking about docking stations in general – or only about ones that have a similar shape to the Mac mini and are meant to be stacked under it, or on top of it?