**IVONI FUSION DOCK MAX: A REVIEW OF THE LATEST THUNDERBOLT DOCK**

The IVONI FUSION DOCK MAX is a top-of-the-line Thunderbolt dock that promises to revolutionize the way you work with your Mac. With its sleek design and powerful features, it's no wonder why this dock has been generating buzz in the tech community. In this article, we'll dive into the details of what makes the IVONI FUSION DOCK MAX a must-have for any professional or enthusiast.

Personally, I use USB-C and HDMI for my monitors, rarely ever using DisplayPort. Most other docks that I've reviewed include a DisplayPort connection on the back, but I've found that these options are often unnecessary. Apple users, however, will be happy to know that the IVONI FUSION DOCK MAX includes both USBC and HDMI ports, making it easy to connect their devices to larger screens. Plus, with the top-of-the-line Mac, you can even run four monitors at once – a feat that's absolutely incredible in this market.

The dock is powered by two Thunderbolt chips on the inside, ensuring that it won't lag or slow down even when multiple devices are connected. And, as an added bonus, the dock floats in the air, promoting good airflow to keep it cool while sitting on your desk. This design feature is perfect for anyone who wants to upgrade their workflow and stay productive.

**ROMS AND EMULATORS: A CHANGING LANDSCAPE IN THE APPLE Ecosystem**

In a surprise move, Apple has announced that it's okay to download ROMs and play them in emulators on the App Store. This decision may seem minor at first, but it opens up a whole new world of possibilities for retro console enthusiasts. For those who don't know, a ROM is just shorthand for a game – essentially a digital copy of an old game that can be played on an emulator.

The technicality here is that this only applies to Retro consoles and Apple doesn't specify what those are. However, it's clear that this decision leaves itself some wiggle room, as the company could choose to define these terms in its own way. Additionally, there's an important distinction between the emulators themselves and the content they're designed to work with.

In the US, for example, emulators aren't doing anything illegal most of the time – but if you just download a bunch of games to play on those emulators, then you probably are. Laws regarding ROMs and emulators vary by country, so it's essential to consult your local laws before proceeding. Apple chose to avoid this space entirely in the past due to its complexity, so this move marks an exciting shift in the company's stance.

**DELTA: A RETRO CONSOLE EMULATOR ON THE APP STORE**

Delta is one of two major emulators sitting on the App Store – and for good reason. This app has been generating buzz among retro console enthusiasts, who can't wait to get their hands on it. As a test flight app and later an alt-store release, Delta was already gaining traction before its official launch on the App Store.

Delta is incredibly cool and works amazingly well, running games from Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, NES, SNES, N64, and Nintendo DS – essentially any unsupported retro Nintendo system. When you open Delta for the first time, it won't have any games pre-installed. You'll need to add some ROMs to get started.

To do this, I headed to Safari and downloaded a free-to-play game from The Homebrew Hub, which offers a range of classic console titles. Once back in Delta, I tapped the plus button in the top corner and selected "Files" – which is where my downloaded ROM was saved. With just one tap, I added the game and started playing.

**OTHER FEATURES AND EXPECTATIONS**

Delta has some impressive features beyond its impressive library of supported consoles. For example, you can set up controllers, including wireless controllers for up to four different players. Additionally, you can customize skins for each console – which is a nice touch.

Some have expressed optimism that in light of Apple's changes, Nintendo itself could launch an emulator on the App Store. Personally, I don't have much hope in this, but who knows? The world of gaming is full of surprises.

As always, be sure to subscribe to the Channel and turn on notifications so you don't miss my next video – which will likely cover more updates on the latest developments in retro console emulation and the IVONI FUSION DOCK MAX.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enretro emulators are officially available on the App Store you can play retro games on your iPhone I cannot wait to tell you about them and how you can play them yourself emulators have been a sticky spot for Apple there's something users have clamored for but the iPhone maker has historically steadfastly banned them from its Flagship Marketplace so what changed and why now and how can you use them I'm sure most of you are are aware of the digital markets act in the EU which is forcing major platform changes for Apple devices if not don't worry I have a whole video on it linked here at the same time us Regulators have also taken action against the tech giant recently filing a wide ranging lawsuit in March for monopolistic practices in response to this Apple has slowly started to drain the moat surrounding its app store we recently saw a change in Apple's policy surrounding game streaming applications alongside the EU focused alternative browser option and third-party app marketplaces Lely due to these mounting regulatory pressures the gates have opened for emulators on the App Store in early April and we've start to see our first apps be released however there have been some issues with these initial apps leading to them being quickly pulled from the App Store so what's going on and are you going to be able to download emulators from the App Store the short answer is yes but honestly it's still a legal gray area the first emulator to hit digital shelves was called igba and it almost instantly climbed to the top of the app store's charts this app wasn't the original work of a developer though and violated his licensing terms it was also riddled with ads and seemed to ask for more permissions than an emulator should want like location tracking because of this apple removed igba from the App Store and apologize saying they had approved the app in error very shortly after that another app was released this app was an NES emulator but after no more than a few hours it too was pulled this time the app wasn't pulled by Apple but it was voluntarily pulled by the developer he pulled the app in fear of retaliation from Nintendo a company who is famously litigious and has been on a bit of a uh Sue emulators out of existent binge lately that has many wondering what emulators are allowed on the app store which games can you play and which ones are safe to use I'm sorry I'm sorry I hate to like rudely interrupt myself in the middle of a video because I have more cool things to talk about but before we get to them I have to than our sponsor for this video ivani that recently launched its Fusion doc Max one it's designed exclusively for Apple silicon Mac users and is the only dock on the market with a dual Thunderbolt connection it is outfitted with 20 different ports including plenty of USBC Legacy usba a fast 22 gbit ethernet port audio jacks and HDMI here's one of my favorite things about it though is I love how all of the USB ports are standardized in full speed sometimes you get ones that are like 10 GB or 5 gbit and you have to pick and choose like which ones you're connecting your peripherals to based on what you're doing no not with this Hub it's a similar story with the mod monitor situation personally I use USBC and HDMI for my monitors rarely ever display port yet most other docks that I have reviewed include a display port connection on the back ivoni chose what makes sense for its actual users most Apple users are out there using USBC and HDMI I love that those are the options here Plus on the top of the line Mac you can actually run four monitors at once with this thing that's absolutely incredible and unheard of in this market the whole do is powered by two Thunderbolt chips on the inside so you know this thing is not going to lag and the dock floats in the air which promotes good airflow to keep it cool while it's sitting on your desk if you're like me and you want to upgrade your workflow check out the ivoni fusion doc Max one it's linked Down Below in the description as well as pinned in the comments now let's go get back to the rest of the video well at first opaque Apple got a bit more clear in a follow-up statement saying that it was okay to download ROMs and play them in emulators for those of you that don't know a ROM is just shorthand for a game in this scenario and all of this is great news the technicality here though is that this only applies to Retro consoles and apple doesn't specify what those are definitely leaving itself some wiggle room there's also an important distinction here between the emulators themselves and the content they're decide to work with at least here in the US emulators aren't doing anything illegal most of the time however if you just go to the internet and download a bunch of games to play on those emulators then you probably are there are a lot of conditions attached these laws are also different for different geographic regions so if you're not sure I would consult your local laws I am not a lawyer this is one of the reasons Apple chose to avoid this space entirely in the past to make it even more complicated just because apple is allowing emulators that can play ROMs on the App Store doesn't mean the companies that own that IP will agree it'll be interesting to see if any of these companies decide to go after Apple because they've got really Deep Pockets so far there are two major emulators sitting on the App Store and others are likely to launch too first is a Commodore 64 emulator called mu 64 XL second and this is the one people are hyped on is Delta I've been using Delta for ages first as a test flight app then from Riley's alt store and now from the App Store it's incredibly cool and works amazingly well it runs games from Game Boy Game Boy Color Game Boy advanced NES SNES N64 and Nintendo DS basically what would be considered unsupported retro Nintendo systems here's how easy it is to use Delta when you open it for the first time there's not going to be any games here so we're going to need to add some to do that we're going to need some ROMs I started by heading to Safari and I went to The Homebrew Hub which is a bunch of free to-play games that work with classic consoles this sips game looks really fun so let's check this out I'm going to tap in the game itself scroll down and I'm just going to hit download it's going to ask me if I want to download this and then it'll save it to the files app I'm going to go back to Delta and I'm going to tap that plus button in the top corner I could import from iTunes if they're on my computer but in this case we'll do files it's right here at the top of my list sips let's go ahead and just tap on that and then tap open in the top right corner now I'm looking at my games you can see we have a few here under Game Boy Color swipping over we have Game Boy advanced and there's sips that I just added I can tap and resume as I said so many different consoles are represented it works both vertically like this and it even works in landscape orientation with different layouts based on the different consoles couple other things from Delta to point out you can set up controllers including wireless controllers for up to four different players and you can set custom skins for each of the different consoles this is just too cool I put a link for it in the description if you want to download it yourself some have expressed optimism that in light of Apple's changes Nintendo itself could launch an emulator on the App Store personally I don't have much hope in this but hey you never know do you guys have any favorite systems that you're hoping to see emulators for let me know Down Below in the comments also be sure you are subscribed to the Channel with those notifications turned on so you don't miss my next videoretro emulators are officially available on the App Store you can play retro games on your iPhone I cannot wait to tell you about them and how you can play them yourself emulators have been a sticky spot for Apple there's something users have clamored for but the iPhone maker has historically steadfastly banned them from its Flagship Marketplace so what changed and why now and how can you use them I'm sure most of you are are aware of the digital markets act in the EU which is forcing major platform changes for Apple devices if not don't worry I have a whole video on it linked here at the same time us Regulators have also taken action against the tech giant recently filing a wide ranging lawsuit in March for monopolistic practices in response to this Apple has slowly started to drain the moat surrounding its app store we recently saw a change in Apple's policy surrounding game streaming applications alongside the EU focused alternative browser option and third-party app marketplaces Lely due to these mounting regulatory pressures the gates have opened for emulators on the App Store in early April and we've start to see our first apps be released however there have been some issues with these initial apps leading to them being quickly pulled from the App Store so what's going on and are you going to be able to download emulators from the App Store the short answer is yes but honestly it's still a legal gray area the first emulator to hit digital shelves was called igba and it almost instantly climbed to the top of the app store's charts this app wasn't the original work of a developer though and violated his licensing terms it was also riddled with ads and seemed to ask for more permissions than an emulator should want like location tracking because of this apple removed igba from the App Store and apologize saying they had approved the app in error very shortly after that another app was released this app was an NES emulator but after no more than a few hours it too was pulled this time the app wasn't pulled by Apple but it was voluntarily pulled by the developer he pulled the app in fear of retaliation from Nintendo a company who is famously litigious and has been on a bit of a uh Sue emulators out of existent binge lately that has many wondering what emulators are allowed on the app store which games can you play and which ones are safe to use I'm sorry I'm sorry I hate to like rudely interrupt myself in the middle of a video because I have more cool things to talk about but before we get to them I have to than our sponsor for this video ivani that recently launched its Fusion doc Max one it's designed exclusively for Apple silicon Mac users and is the only dock on the market with a dual Thunderbolt connection it is outfitted with 20 different ports including plenty of USBC Legacy usba a fast 22 gbit ethernet port audio jacks and HDMI here's one of my favorite things about it though is I love how all of the USB ports are standardized in full speed sometimes you get ones that are like 10 GB or 5 gbit and you have to pick and choose like which ones you're connecting your peripherals to based on what you're doing no not with this Hub it's a similar story with the mod monitor situation personally I use USBC and HDMI for my monitors rarely ever display port yet most other docks that I have reviewed include a display port connection on the back ivoni chose what makes sense for its actual users most Apple users are out there using USBC and HDMI I love that those are the options here Plus on the top of the line Mac you can actually run four monitors at once with this thing that's absolutely incredible and unheard of in this market the whole do is powered by two Thunderbolt chips on the inside so you know this thing is not going to lag and the dock floats in the air which promotes good airflow to keep it cool while it's sitting on your desk if you're like me and you want to upgrade your workflow check out the ivoni fusion doc Max one it's linked Down Below in the description as well as pinned in the comments now let's go get back to the rest of the video well at first opaque Apple got a bit more clear in a follow-up statement saying that it was okay to download ROMs and play them in emulators for those of you that don't know a ROM is just shorthand for a game in this scenario and all of this is great news the technicality here though is that this only applies to Retro consoles and apple doesn't specify what those are definitely leaving itself some wiggle room there's also an important distinction here between the emulators themselves and the content they're decide to work with at least here in the US emulators aren't doing anything illegal most of the time however if you just go to the internet and download a bunch of games to play on those emulators then you probably are there are a lot of conditions attached these laws are also different for different geographic regions so if you're not sure I would consult your local laws I am not a lawyer this is one of the reasons Apple chose to avoid this space entirely in the past to make it even more complicated just because apple is allowing emulators that can play ROMs on the App Store doesn't mean the companies that own that IP will agree it'll be interesting to see if any of these companies decide to go after Apple because they've got really Deep Pockets so far there are two major emulators sitting on the App Store and others are likely to launch too first is a Commodore 64 emulator called mu 64 XL second and this is the one people are hyped on is Delta I've been using Delta for ages first as a test flight app then from Riley's alt store and now from the App Store it's incredibly cool and works amazingly well it runs games from Game Boy Game Boy Color Game Boy advanced NES SNES N64 and Nintendo DS basically what would be considered unsupported retro Nintendo systems here's how easy it is to use Delta when you open it for the first time there's not going to be any games here so we're going to need to add some to do that we're going to need some ROMs I started by heading to Safari and I went to The Homebrew Hub which is a bunch of free to-play games that work with classic consoles this sips game looks really fun so let's check this out I'm going to tap in the game itself scroll down and I'm just going to hit download it's going to ask me if I want to download this and then it'll save it to the files app I'm going to go back to Delta and I'm going to tap that plus button in the top corner I could import from iTunes if they're on my computer but in this case we'll do files it's right here at the top of my list sips let's go ahead and just tap on that and then tap open in the top right corner now I'm looking at my games you can see we have a few here under Game Boy Color swipping over we have Game Boy advanced and there's sips that I just added I can tap and resume as I said so many different consoles are represented it works both vertically like this and it even works in landscape orientation with different layouts based on the different consoles couple other things from Delta to point out you can set up controllers including wireless controllers for up to four different players and you can set custom skins for each of the different consoles this is just too cool I put a link for it in the description if you want to download it yourself some have expressed optimism that in light of Apple's changes Nintendo itself could launch an emulator on the App Store personally I don't have much hope in this but hey you never know do you guys have any favorite systems that you're hoping to see emulators for let me know Down Below in the comments also be sure you are subscribed to the Channel with those notifications turned on so you don't miss my next video\n"