People would buy a camera or video recorder for wireless transfers. Apple is a consumer company now, not for pro-end media.
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Apple to Introduce Light Peak (High Speed Connection Technology) Soon?
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People would buy a camera or video recorder for wireless transfers. Apple is a consumer company now, not for pro-end media.
Wow, what are you talking about? Have you forgotten that there are a lot of audio and video professionals that use Macbook Pros, and would most definitely beneft super high fast bandwidth.
Yeah, just give them a "faster horse". Nokia dumb phones in 2001 is more than enough for anybody to make a phone call and arguably better in this aspect than the iPhone! Televisions in the 1990s is enough for the average joe to watch any movie and TV programs on it why bother to make it 1080p. 480p DVD movies are more than enough for the elderly's poor eyesight, nobody can ever distinguish each and every dot 20 feets from the screen.
Interesting thought.
You don't want a single port that can handle ALL of your connections? Drives, monitors, networking, and all other peripherals?
No, I don't. What if the cable breaks?
The issue is not whether a small group of professionals would benefit. The issue is whether or not it's a good business decision that would be worth the cost of implementing given that iDevices keep Apple stock on the rise.
You also missing the point where LP is supposed to be a unified port for anything. Also I'd like to see innovation going forward.
What if your USB cable breaks?
I believe there is definetly a good business considering that Apple can unify 4 types of ports on Macs with one type with one controller, more space on the logic board as well.
then all the other cables will still be working! just as if you had many different types of cables.
If my USB cable breaks, I can still use my Mini-Display port cable, my Firewire cable, and my ethernet cable because they are not broken. Therefore, I am still able to use my external monitor, external hard drive(s), and internet connection.
I swore never to post on these front page topics, but i just have to ask. What on earth are you doing to your cables that they should break? I've accidentally rolled my chair over cables, and they're still fine. I have never had a cable break in my life, so I would really like to know.
You don't want a single port that can handle ALL of your connections? Drives, monitors, networking, and all other peripherals?
HA. I have a feeling we'll look at this post in ten years like we looked at Bill Gates' "640 K ought to be enough for anybody."
ehhh im still not 100
% comfortable with dropping ODD..what if i have to use old software that isnt available in the mac app store and i cant live without my sims haha
and if one of your LP cables break... you can still use your other LP cables? going to whatever device!
Sorry to burst anyone's bubble but according to comments made by Intel in the not too distant past are that the first implementations of 'light peak' would be copper (wire) based and not fiber based.
It is widely believed that the speed of copper based light peak (copper peak) would not be fast enough over USB3 or SATA 6Gb to make the change over worth it considering the design modifications needed to support it.
It seems that if Apple was going to do 'copper peak', and it was going to not be the fiber based technology, than Apple would probably be better advised to wait for the actual fiber 'light peak' rather than the slower, and incompatible with the vast existing USB market, 'copper peak'...
It is widely believed that the speed of copper based light peak (copper peak) would not be fast enough over USB3 or SATA 6Gb to make the change over worth it considering the design modifications needed to support it.
It seems that if Apple was going to do 'copper peak', and it was going to not be the fiber based technology, than Apple would probably be better advised to wait for the actual fiber 'light peak' rather than the slower, and incompatible with the vast existing USB market, 'copper peak'...
Nice but
I like, nice.
But I just don't see Apple going for Copper Based rather than fiber. I can't really think what benefit except one type of port that this new medium has. No Tv have it no cameras have it, and USB3 is dam fast and backward compatible. That said Apple does tend to throw us a curve just like that. I for one would welcome USB3 more than a new port. But in another year or two sure I could see it starting to become the standard in the Apple eco.
I like, nice.
But I just don't see Apple going for Copper Based rather than fiber. I can't really think what benefit except one type of port that this new medium has. No Tv have it no cameras have it, and USB3 is dam fast and backward compatible. That said Apple does tend to throw us a curve just like that. I for one would welcome USB3 more than a new port. But in another year or two sure I could see it starting to become the standard in the Apple eco.
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Could someone post pics of what LightPeak connection ends (holes) look like? All I've seen so far is the colorful-yet-useless pic used at the top of this thread..
aha but doesnt it look cool
get it from the internet legally? Use another computer? Use an external? Don't use that software?
I don't think they will drop it yet. Plus SB will be a problem solving for space on the 13", if LP will be there too will be even better, and I believe that flash storage will help as well.
You know, for some reason I had this picture in my head of a single cable connected in series to every peripheral you wanted to connect. I'm honestly not sure why or how that perception got there.
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