@Aqualung Sorry, nothing new to report yet.
@sabrent I actually own the Sabrent Thunderbolt 4 KVM (really lucky and grateful); here's my thoughts on the new one I hope the product designers and engineers keep in mind with a Thunderbolt 5 successor:
- It should be able to switch between three devices instead of just two: This is far more conventional and desired (i.e. Macbook, Mac Pro/iPad/Tablet, PC workstation). Two is just too limiting if you also consider standalone devices that'll legitimately work between the two devices that's common for prosumers such as myself.
- It should omit USB-A altogether: It'll be 2025/2026 when it comes out, USB-C is far more ergonomical, intutitive, reverse connectable and straightforward in use than having USB-A ports. Maybe include just one instead of two (especially if this is in the way of having the ability to switch between three devices vs. two.
USB4 and Thunderbolt 5 exclusively makes far more sense
- Consider software affordances to manage switching between the devices instead of just a wired physical remote: It'd be neat to have software affordances for devices connected to be able to send to switch things to them + enable power users to programatically do this
- Have the remote wireless: A remote that uses a removable battery (the circle kind instead of AA/AAA batteries for a minimialst) that's wireless would be far more invaluable than the current wires solution
- If it elects to have DisplayPort/HDMI, they're exclusively DisplayPort 2.1 (full) and HDMI 2.1b+: Don't tie it to past gen monitors in input practicaclity.
My current configuration that invaluably uses the Thunderbolt 4 KVM Dock if it helps understand what kind of user I am (creative and engineering professional that works for enterprise fortune 50 companies / MAANGO):
- M4 Max Macbook Pro
- PC workstation (32-core 9770x Ryzen Threadripper w/ 5090 and 192GB RAM)
- Mac Pro
- M4 iPad Pro
- Galaxy XR? (My Vision Pro is n/a but I think these kind of standalone devices will have a variant that acts more like a laptop in configurability that'll benefit from Thunderbolt).
@Aqualung I imagine it would likely be specced similar to this: https://www.ssi.com.tw/product/thunderbolt%E2%84%A2-5/thunderbolt%E2%84%A2-5-kvm-dock-with-oculink
@versatile-tech-user https://sabrent.com/community/xenforum/topic/153936/thunderbolt-5-hub-kvmswitch/post-392443
@versatile-tech-user, i broke down and bought the SB-TB4K myself a couple of weeks ago, but it is excruciatingly(!!!!) slow at switching monitors (23s on average!). I am just hoping the TB5 version is faster.
