Unimpressive update.
Are you kidding me? It's just the low end 13 inch model.
Unimpressive update.
this was supposed to be the lightpeak connector!
- physically compatible with USB-Ports, so save port-space!
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now what? How are we gonna get access to fast standard Harddrive enclosures - most don't have Firewire and Apple gives us no eSATA, no USB3. Do they really think that those manufacturers will implement yet another physical port? With a USB-compatible jack they might have but like this? Never!
Plus, Apple could have offered us TWO LightPeak ports + 2 USBx Ports with no extra space!
I won't believe this until it's out - and then I'll shake my head hard!
Why would Apple use a trade name for a standardized technology? Customers are going to get confused when all the peripherals say "Light Peak compatible" and their Mac has a "Thunderbolt" port. Something strange is happening here.
this was supposed to be the lightpeak connector!
- physically compatible with USB-Ports, so save port-space!
![]()
now what? How are we gonna get access to fast standard Harddrive enclosures - most don't have Firewire and Apple gives us no eSATA, no USB3. Do they really think that those manufacturers will implement yet another physical port? With a USB-compatible jack they might have but like this? Never!
Plus, Apple could have offered us TWO LightPeak ports + 2 USBx Ports with no extra space!
I won't believe this until it's out - and then I'll shake my head hard!
This technology isn't even applicable to current peripherals - it will take at least a year for it to become "somewhat mainstream."
this was supposed to be the lightpeak connector!
- physically compatible with USB-Ports, so save port-space!
![]()
now what? How are we gonna get access to fast standard Harddrive enclosures - most don't have Firewire and Apple gives us no eSATA, no USB3. Do they really think that those manufacturers will implement yet another physical port? With a USB-compatible jack they might have but like this? Never!
Plus, Apple could have offered us TWO LightPeak ports + 2 USBx Ports with no extra space!
I won't believe this until it's out - and then I'll shake my head hard!
Actually, that was one design consideration Intel was tossing around. Truth be told, I'd be happy to see the rectangular USB port go. The symmetrical-but-not-really-symmetrical shape has been a pain in my butt for years... once, I even fried a laptop during a late night, drunken stuper when I forced a mouse in upside down...
Ehm... funny. You really think they'll offer both (USB and TB=thunderbolt) ports via the dock-connector and then one day drop USB-support with all PC users and users of older Macs not being able to connect their phone?Apple just has to create iPad/iPod/iPhone cords compatible with it and up, up, and away it goes.
This technology isn't even applicable to current peripherals - it will take at least a year for it to become "somewhat mainstream."
Hybridization is for dual operability and hence no extra port on the already cluttered 13"....
I assume when a display is connected the chipset will adjust to transmit display feed only and when a device is hooked, well, adjust for that as well.
May sound cheesy, but it makes perfect sense seeing as current LightPeak is based on copper, not optical fiber so it would make no sense to call it LightPeak when no light is used.
So that means that to use the port + use a monitor, you need a hub now. Do not want.
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Yeah, that name is quite odd because HTCis coming out with a new 4G smartphone called the ThunderBolt
The symbol is going to confuse people... looks like it should be for the power supply!
Let's choose some alternative names quick, before it's released!
Apple might pick up on it...
USB 4
HigherFireWire
Uberwire
SCSI 18
Giga-ADB
FreakPeak
PowerShower
errr