Does anyone know when Apple will add Thunderbolt to the new Airport Extreme?
S spc1377 macrumors newbie Original poster Jun 13, 2013 2 0 Jun 13, 2013 #1 Does anyone know when Apple will add Thunderbolt to the new Airport Extreme?
mfram macrumors 65816 Jan 23, 2010 1,181 247 San Diego, CA USA Jun 13, 2013 #2 spc1377 said: Does anyone know when Apple will add Thunderbolt to the new Airport Extreme? Click to expand... Why would they? The AE and TC are designed for backups. They aren't designed to be a high-speed NAS. USB 2 and eventually USB 3 are fast enough and much cheaper. If you want network connected storage that's pretty fast, choose something else.
spc1377 said: Does anyone know when Apple will add Thunderbolt to the new Airport Extreme? Click to expand... Why would they? The AE and TC are designed for backups. They aren't designed to be a high-speed NAS. USB 2 and eventually USB 3 are fast enough and much cheaper. If you want network connected storage that's pretty fast, choose something else.
jmpage2 macrumors 68040 Sep 14, 2007 3,102 444 Jun 14, 2013 #3 spc1377 said: Does anyone know when Apple will add Thunderbolt to the new Airport Extreme? Click to expand... What benefit are you anticipating that Thunderbolt would bring to the AE?
spc1377 said: Does anyone know when Apple will add Thunderbolt to the new Airport Extreme? Click to expand... What benefit are you anticipating that Thunderbolt would bring to the AE?
S spc1377 macrumors newbie Original poster Jun 13, 2013 2 0 Jun 16, 2013 #5 Airport Extreme/Time Capsule Sorry, I ment the Time Capsule 2TB or 3TB.