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Can a USB-C dock reduce SSD transfer speeds?
Yes, a USB-C dock can reduce SSD transfer speeds because it shares the host system's limited USB bandwidth among multiple connected peripherals. When multiple high-bandwidth devices like external SSD...
A dock connects to your laptop through a single USB-C cable. That cable has a fixed total bandwidth (e.g., 5 Gbps for USB 3.2 Gen 1, 10 Gbps for Gen 2, or 20/40 Gbps for USB4/Thunderbolt). Every device on the dock shares that one link.