The actual docking station is constructed of sturdy plastic with rubber feet on the base to avoid slipping and desk scuffs. Unfortunately, Henge Docks does not offer a MacBook Air version due to the fact that the Air has ports on both sides so you'd still need to manually connect cables, defeating the purpose entirely. That pricing isn't bad considering vertical stands for MacBooks that don't have any docking magic go for around 50. The 17-inch version costs 75, 15-inch is 70 and the 13-inch Henge Docks docking station goes for 60.
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Thirty minutes after first hearing about Henge Docks ( this demo video did it for me) I put my order in for my MacBook Pro version, an older generation 17-inch "Rev A" (the ports are slightly different from the newer version). I simply use this Apple display as my only display, which leaves one annoyance: unplugging a squid-like mess of cables when migrating to another room (kidding, I live in a tiny SF studio.) a coffee shop. If I'm going to have two screens, they need to be the same size and PPI, otherwise looking left to a 27-inch and looking right to a 17-inch propped up off the desk is too jarring. Matt's reasoning behind his single screen setup is exactly why I love the Henge Docks station. I've never been able to get my head around the two screens of an open laptop and a big monitor I prefer one large screen. At the office and at my desk at home I plug into a dock from Henge Docks with a 27" Cinema Display.