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Closer Look Photo of Thunderbolt (Light Peak) Port
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Too many I/O choices for manufacturers. So which one will be fully supported and the "standard" in the long run?
There's obviously light in the room. Go near a light. There's no excuse if you're trying to be a leaker and taking as terrible of a photo as there is here.
Folks, is the ThunderCATS port the same interface as mini-display? Looks similar...but i didnt think it was. From that perspective, new cables for your displays. Awesome
FACE PALM.
FACE PALM.
I'm still not convinced that this is genuine... Combining some high-speed data transfer port with an existing display port sized connector? It seems too convenient for somebody to photoshop it. Why would apple do this and not Light Peak on a USB sized connector?
Also, specs of a 1280x800 resolution are pretty bad... And still no discrete graphics on 13"..
Also, specs of a 1280x800 resolution are pretty bad... And still no discrete graphics on 13"..
I don't want to get into it anymore with you. My assumption is that whomever leaked these photos (if they are real) was trying to get the image quickly. They didn't have time to move the thing around and get it near some good lighting. Stores take un-released product very seriously and getting caught taking pictures of un-released product could be really bad for the employee.
Even ignoring that, as I said, it's zoomed in which lowers quality.
Anyway, I'm done with the argument. Yeah, the image sucks, but it's what we have.
guys - this looks fake...
what it looks like is a display port with a lightning bolt.
Why would I make this new fangled thing, then hobble it by blocking it when I have an external display?
IMHO - You'll have ONLY LightPeak ports no USB, no Mini-display port, nothing but Lightpeak - it's fast enough to do it all, no?
what it looks like is a display port with a lightning bolt.
Why would I make this new fangled thing, then hobble it by blocking it when I have an external display?
IMHO - You'll have ONLY LightPeak ports no USB, no Mini-display port, nothing but Lightpeak - it's fast enough to do it all, no?
Not hard to fake a random logo.. Not convinced yet
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Even easier considering the image is basically the same as the high voltage logo
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Maybe, but if you are taking a picture to leak some juicy reality to rumor sites, you probably hang out in such sites. And if so, you have seen this same thing over and over before, always with lots of gripes about picture quality. Thus, even if you have to use a camera phone camera, you'll put the extra effort in to take great shots, maybe many of them (if you have the time), and for stuff like this get a few up close (for good detail) to potentially splice together later.
Instead, we keep getting photos that look like they were taken from a train going by, or without a flash in a dark room, or when Apple security looked the other way for just a second and the Waco Kid has to use his speed to grab the shot, etc.
Remember all the old, grainy proof of UFO videos when hardly anyone had a decent camcorder? Now lots of people have increasingly good camcorders (even HD camcorders) but we hardly ever see any great UFO videos anymore. Ever more people have increasingly high quality portable cameras, but the quality of these rumor photos seems to always be stuck in about 1996.
Folks, is the ThunderCATS port the same interface as mini-display? Looks similar...but i didnt think it was. From that perspective, new cables for your displays. Awesome
If the port is the same, why wouldn't your old Mini DisplayPort cable work? USB 1.1 is compatible with USB 2 and USB 2 is compatible with USB 3 ports. Generally if you use the same port, you're intending to have backwards compatibility with the devices that are already using that port.
Its still aluminium. After all the 300grams lighter Liquid metal rumors
How do we know it isn't Liquid metal? The two may be the same colour.
I think having the TB/LP port as part of the mini display port is a great idea.
1) The mDP is already part of the VESA display port standard and more and more laptop manufactures are beginning to include it, so if they can get the additional TB/LP protocol down the same cable and get it included in the VESA standard, it can lead to the single cable ideal for all display/home AV/computer peripherals etc. especially if they can keep the same connector when TB/LP reaches it's expected speed 100Gbps in the future.
2) It also means there isn't a useless port on the macbook before 3rd party manufactures start making peripherals to use it. A dedicated port just to connect you ipad 2/iphone 5 is a bit much. At least we already use the port to connect to a display.
There's also no reason why they won't create a "micro display port" for use with the ipad.
Until the connectors are all magsafe you wouldn't want to plug in a connector to your macbook that's SD card thin for fear of snapping it off.
1) The mDP is already part of the VESA display port standard and more and more laptop manufactures are beginning to include it, so if they can get the additional TB/LP protocol down the same cable and get it included in the VESA standard, it can lead to the single cable ideal for all display/home AV/computer peripherals etc. especially if they can keep the same connector when TB/LP reaches it's expected speed 100Gbps in the future.
2) It also means there isn't a useless port on the macbook before 3rd party manufactures start making peripherals to use it. A dedicated port just to connect you ipad 2/iphone 5 is a bit much. At least we already use the port to connect to a display.
There's also no reason why they won't create a "micro display port" for use with the ipad.
Until the connectors are all magsafe you wouldn't want to plug in a connector to your macbook that's SD card thin for fear of snapping it off.
Early this morning, a couple of sites posted specs from the upcoming low end 13" MacBook Pro and revealed that Apple will be incorporating Light Peak into the new machines under the name "Thunderbolt". We've confirmed that these specs and photos are legitimate, but only for the low end 13" MacBook Pro model. We still haven't seen the specs for the mid-range and high-end model.
Mac4Ever has posted a followup close-up image of the new Thunderbolt/DisplayPort hybrid port found on the new 13" MacBook Pro.
Intel is expected to officially launch Light Peak/Thunderbolt on Thursday alongside Apple's new MacBook Pros.
Article Link: Closer Look Photo of Thunderbolt (Light Peak) Port
Ok. So there are going to be three 13" MBP models now -- low, mid and high?
Fake
The idea may be real, but this photo is a fake. It looks like someone took some MDF and painted it and then added the "thunderbolt." Look at how much space is between the outside edge and the socket inside. Seems way too thick to be aluminum (aluminium for our British friends., not to mention that the speckles are highly suspect when comparing this picture to the picture on Apple's website showing the current models ports.
It's a fake.
The idea may be real, but this photo is a fake. It looks like someone took some MDF and painted it and then added the "thunderbolt." Look at how much space is between the outside edge and the socket inside. Seems way too thick to be aluminum (aluminium for our British friends.
, not to mention that the speckles are highly suspect when comparing this picture to the picture on Apple's website showing the current models ports.It's a fake.
Cool. They'll probably have the next gen iPhones, iPods, and iPads using light peak. I've really never heard of this new technology until now. I searched it on wikipedia and it says it has a high bandwidth of 10 Gbit/s. Is this true? I can't imagine syncing all my music to my phone in 30 seconds.
