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Apple Revamps Thunderbolt Cable Lineup with Lower Pricing, Shorter Cable Option
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I hear one day they might figure out how to put both types of ports on the same computer!
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Problem isn't port availability, its peripheral availability. Have the ports all you want but good luck finding something to connect to them.
I know, i like Thunderbolt...a lot. But the reality is it hasn't taken off in terms of peripherals.
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Well, I'll probably add an external SSD to my 2011 iMac at some point soon
And for that purpose, I don't need a long cable, so it'll be nice to only have to pay about 1/2 as much as before for one.It makes sense for Windows 8, but the Ultrabook concept isn't specifically about Intel catering to Microsoft. It is about promoting Intel. If an inexpensive universal dock became more prevalent, we could see Ultrabooks with fewer ports (perhaps just one USB 3.0 and one Thunderbolt port).
Sounds right... $9.99 is probably the sweet spot
I remember buying a 512mb jump drive a long time ago --6 years or so---for something like $26 or thereabouts....
With Electronics and technology, eventually everything comes down in price... Like 1080p TVs... 5 years ago a 37" model went for $1100... now you can get one for somewhere in the $350 range...
So much anger on this topic.... if you need it, buy it... if not... don't.
Thunderbolt is headed exactly where Firewire is today
good, I can see about 10 firewire drives within arms reach right now.
Thunderbolt is headed exactly where Firewire is today
Pro market? I work in a shop and we sell FW hardware everyday to professionals. Thunderbolt is the same, it does what USB and other connection can't. Sure it is more expensive, but soo many users are too stupid to understand that if they don't need Thunderbolt, someone else do.
Exactly what i thought. He/she has probably more money than the average Apple customer.
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You mean: High performance!?Thunderbolt is headed exactly where Firewire is today
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That's what she said!
Prices on the Japanese store do not seem to have dropped. And the shorter cable is not available.
I understand a little that the ends of the cables are a bit complicated to make but going 2.0m (over 6 feet) to 0.5m (little over a foot and and 1/2) and only taking $10 off BLOWS MY FREAKING MIND! That's a rip off if I have ever seen one! $30 got a 0.5m able. I don't care if it can do 10Gbs per second.
Well, would you rather have one FW port and one TB port or two TB ports? And not just today but also in two-years time because your dual-TB port computer will very likely be still in use in two years.Yeah that's why even Apple up on FW and stopped removing it from their computers
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Thunderbolt is headed exactly where Firewire is today
I couldn't wish for more.
Judging by this... How much will the 10 metre one cost?
Enough so that on Black Friday, Apple will throw in a free MBA with every purchase.