New tech? Thunderbolt has been out for a year, and by the time this thing comes out in September, Thunderbolt will be almost 2 years old.
If Thunderbolt devices aren't coming out now, I don't think they will.
...USB 3? Sheesh. Do you even know why you want USB 3?![]()
Does the price include the cable or do you have to add that on after?
I'm not sure your point. USB 3.0 has been available longer, is backwards compatible, is 10x faster than USB 2.0, and the USB3.0 devices are like $10 more than their USB 2.0 counterparts. If that's not enough reason for someone to choose USB3.0 over TB, I don't know what is.
Part of TB's mistake is trying to do everything. Apple and others seem to have never heard of the term "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The world adopted USB back in the mid-90s...it's a standard. It's been upgraded over time and the upgrades have been evolutionary.
TB is trying to be revolutionary. But TB is just far too expensive and far too scarce (there are like 10 TB devices). TB, I'm afraid, will fail miserably. It's really not an intentional war between USB3.0 and TB...it's more like a "hey, the world has USB and why do you want me to spend $1000 on TB?" for 90% of the consumers out there. USB3.0 isn't ubiquitous quite yet...but for $30 you can buy a card for your pc...or $50 for a Mac. My bet is that 2012 most newly-designed Wintels will have 1-2 USB 3.0 slots for free (currently about a $25 add-on at checkout).
I think they priced it that high so people would be willing to pay $99 (like many of you are now commenting above).
It's silly hub, it's not worth more than $40
A USB 3.0 controller ballparked about $10-15 at launch and now hovers around $5. You could easily ask for $20-30 more from a consumer just for a bit of PCB space and a logo on the box proclaiming USB 3.0 SUPPORT.I'm not sure your point. USB 3.0 has been available longer, is backwards compatible, is 10x faster than USB 2.0, and the USB3.0 devices are like $10 more than their USB 2.0 counterparts. If that's not enough reason for someone to choose USB3.0 over TB, I don't know what is.
Part of TB's mistake is trying to do everything. Apple and others seem to have never heard of the term "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The world adopted USB back in the mid-90s...it's a standard. It's been upgraded over time and the upgrades have been evolutionary.
TB is trying to be revolutionary. But TB is just far too expensive and far too scarce (there are like 10 TB devices). TB, I'm afraid, will fail miserably. It's really not an intentional war between USB3.0 and TB...it's more like a "hey, the world has USB and why do you want me to spend $1000 on TB?" for 90% of the consumers out there. USB3.0 isn't ubiquitous quite yet...but for $30 you can buy a card for your pc...or $50 for a Mac. My bet is that 2012 most newly-designed Wintels will have 1-2 USB 3.0 slots for free (currently about a $25 add-on at checkout).
I prefer the real thing. Not a big a fan of tacos![]()
Expensive, yes. USB 3? Sheesh. Do you even know why you want USB 3?![]()
Keep in mind guys - Aside from apple's (frankly) overpriced thunderbolt display, this is the first adapter on the market to offer this kind of connectivity. As more manufacturers jump on the bandwagon and the market saturates, the price will go down. Right now it's top dollar for new tech![]()
It's not dead, it remains effectively unborn.just one more reason why TB will be dead (if it's not already).
Yeah, 13 years after the delivery date all the bugs come out.Yes, although babies develop by themselves, they're not outsourced (unless you do in-vtiro or adoption) and you generally don't know about the bugs until after delivery date.
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