Dock question for MacBook?

Any hacks on getting this Kensington Notebook Dock to work with my MacBook Pro? It says Windows only, but I'm wondering there is a workaround.
http://us.kensington.com/html/10362.html
Thanks!

Not really, and would be a waste of money since half the functionality of the Kensington "dock" won't work with a MacBook (no parallel port on a MacBook and the power won't connect). BookEndz is going to be the most likely source of a dock that will work with your MacBook Pro, if you have the new model. They don't appear to have one yet, but it's probably just a matter of time before they do.
BTW, if you're asking about a MacBook Pro, you'll generally get the quickest and most applicable responses if you ask in the MacBook Pro forums. This forum is for the MacBook (specifically the new aluminum model released last month).
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

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