The products are not even close. Different markets, different price range, different specifications...
You cannot put a "knockoff" label on a product only because it was released after its counterpart.
That was the same as labeling AMD as Intel knockoff, XBox as PS knockoff, or Mitsubishi Motors as BMW knockoff.
The acceptance to Thunderbolt board means a lot. Only chosen vendors get there.
After customer gets power supply (could get much better than Sonnet built-in poor 150W) and a case (if he needs it),
the final price is going to be around ~$250, including all the cables:
- External 5V/12V power supply cable
- Dupont 2PIN Cable
- Thunderbolt Cable
For this price difference, most of people could forget about second Thunderbolt port.
And that will not harm: because Thunderbolt-based devices are used to be expensive,
most Mac users (including me) still do not have any of them!
People who have are rich, so if they need a eGPU solution, they will go for Sonnet - because they can afford that.
Or, if they are still interested in saving money, could just unplug their "Pro Audio" card and plug in GPU card
when they want to play games. Takes two minutes at max.
This performance difference (+12.3%) is because Sonnet uses PCIe 2.0 x4 controller, while BPlus uses PCIe 2.0 x2.
But this performance difference is too small to justify the huge price difference: (600/250 - 1)*100% = +140% !
TB market is overpriced. Customers will highly appreciate the price drop.
Yes, our budget is limited, but our creativity is not!
We just discovered an excellent way to save money, and it would be shame for us not to use it!
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