And what if the thunderbolt hubs that had USB were daisy chained? Would those USB be technically daisy chained?
Fact of the matter is it doesn't matter how you define it, but they did it.
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42 Peripheral Devices Connected to One 2013 Mac Pro
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And what if the thunderbolt hubs that had USB were daisy chained? Would those USB be technically daisy chained?
Fact of the matter is it doesn't matter how you define it, but they did it.
I'm six minutes too late to make the same comment
The answer may be 42, but the question is "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" The answer only works in rad 13. In rad 13, the number of peripherals connected to the Mac Pro was 33.
Something doesn't add up!
So what?
Isn't 127 devices the limit for a single USB port?
If I could find enough devices, I'd do the same with my Mac mini, 508 USB devices, I'm-not-sure-how-many daisy-chained FireWire devices, two monitors (mini Displayport and HDMI) and one SD card in the back.
"510+ devices connected to one 2010 Mac mini"
Isn't 127 devices the limit for a single USB port?
If I could find enough devices, I'd do the same with my Mac mini, 508 USB devices, I'm-not-sure-how-many daisy-chained FireWire devices, two monitors (mini Displayport and HDMI) and one SD card in the back.
"510+ devices connected to one 2010 Mac mini"
Nailed it.
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And the cost for this test was $21567.99
You can see how there is a need for longer cables so everything can fit on the desk.
This is a more realistic picture:
Here's what's funny... many old Mac Pros had just as many external devices plugged into them.
While the old Mac Pro has 4 SATA drives internally... external drives were just as important.
And a few of the devices in that picture are external only... or they're better suited for external use.
An audio interface would be better on a desk anyway so you don't have to crawl behind your desk to plug in a microphone.
And another great thing about external devices... you can use them on your laptop too. Try that with a PCIe card.
There were already many external devices *before* the new Mac Pro was announced.
Because humans push limits. It's what we do.
Why test the outer limits of a car's performance? Why try to lift more or run faster?
Typical for the new age.
This is a more realistic picture:
Couldn't possibly up-vote this enough. If you could get the new Thunderbolt based goodness in the old cheese grater enclosure, I'd bet many if not most buyers would choose the old enclosure: You can have 16TB HDDs (4x4TB), plus 3TB PCIe flash (3x1TB), plus 2 Blu-ray drives. That obviates all kinds of external enclosure need.
If they hubbed they ave been able to extend even farther past 15 USB devices. . . I would have attached a wired mouse, keyboard, webcam, card reader. . . . (You know, because I need to over compensate!)
Typical for the new age.
This is a more realistic picture:
Brilliant.
One picture worth a thousand sarcastic words.
The ultimate irony of the unintended consequences of thin and sleek stupidity.
The absurd triumph of form over function.
Impressive feat, but not anything the vast majority of pros are likely to ever approximate.
That headache-inducing nest of wires could turn into a needle-in-a-haystack scenario pretty quickly, if all this was on a desk, or in a closet for that matter.
That headache-inducing nest of wires could turn into a needle-in-a-haystack scenario pretty quickly, if all this was on a desk, or in a closet for that matter.
you guys bust me up!
I wonder if we threw in a few TB hubs could we make a big pot of spaghetti?
I wonder if we threw in a few TB hubs could we make a big pot of spaghetti?
That's a cool demonstration of the power of ThunderBolt, but it probably cost him 1.21 jigadollars. Everything related to TB is a ripoff, especially Apple's cables. Seriously, they're killing their own standard in its infancy. I want Thunderbolt to become cheap already so it doesn't end up like FireWire!
Until then, my pre-2013 Mac Pro is king. Having 4 hard drive bays and 4 PCIe slots is a great convenience. Oh, and I can upgrade my GPU (and have)
Until then, my pre-2013 Mac Pro is king. Having 4 hard drive bays and 4 PCIe slots is a great convenience. Oh, and I can upgrade my GPU (and have)
Don't get it either. It's like a builder putting single bricks on top of each other to see when it becomes unstable. Pointless exercise.
Great find. Very representative of the state of affairs. I recognise that not everyone who owns a Pro needs extra storage, a DVD drive, etc. but it makes me wonder...if that's the case, why buy a Pro? For those who do, it seems like it would make such a mess.
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Jeez, these guys are so unhip its a wonder their bums don't fall off
There are advantages and disadvantages to both aproaches. You don't need to be a genius to see that. I actually like both (have both).