TheLostSwede
Very Senior Member
There has been a lot of talk about WiGig for quite some time, but so far we haven’t seen much in terms of useful products in the market. There was that TP-Link router a little while back and Dell announced a rather hefty looking docking station, but it has been a very slow rollout.
At Computex, Acer was showing off the new Travelmate P6 series of notebooks, as well as its Prodock Wireless to go with the new notebooks. Unlike Dell’s “NUC” like wireless dock, Acer has gone for something a fair bit slimmer, yet has managed to squeeze in almost the same functionally as Dell, with an added bonus feature.
Around the back of the dock you’ll find two USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI, DP and VGA port, as well as an Ethernet port and a power button. On the right hand side, you’ll also find a USB-C port, a third USB 3.0 port that should be an always on charging port and a headset jack. Objectively, without knowing the exact dimensions, the Acer Prodock Wireless appears to have about a third of the volume of Dell’s wireless dock.
According to Acer’s spec, the Prodock Wireless supports data transfer rates of up to 4.6Gbps, which appears to be the standard rate for 802.11ad docks. Multiple users are also supported, which means it can be used for sharing files and some other unspecified applications, although only the main user can connect via 802.11ad and additional users have to use 802.11ac. No word on pricing, but we’d expect Acer to offer a more attractive price than Dell, who’s offering its wireless dock for around $270.
At Computex, Acer was showing off the new Travelmate P6 series of notebooks, as well as its Prodock Wireless to go with the new notebooks. Unlike Dell’s “NUC” like wireless dock, Acer has gone for something a fair bit slimmer, yet has managed to squeeze in almost the same functionally as Dell, with an added bonus feature.
Around the back of the dock you’ll find two USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI, DP and VGA port, as well as an Ethernet port and a power button. On the right hand side, you’ll also find a USB-C port, a third USB 3.0 port that should be an always on charging port and a headset jack. Objectively, without knowing the exact dimensions, the Acer Prodock Wireless appears to have about a third of the volume of Dell’s wireless dock.
According to Acer’s spec, the Prodock Wireless supports data transfer rates of up to 4.6Gbps, which appears to be the standard rate for 802.11ad docks. Multiple users are also supported, which means it can be used for sharing files and some other unspecified applications, although only the main user can connect via 802.11ad and additional users have to use 802.11ac. No word on pricing, but we’d expect Acer to offer a more attractive price than Dell, who’s offering its wireless dock for around $270.
