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macOS Sierra Code Confirms Thunderbolt 3 and 10Gb/s USB 3.1 Transfer Speeds in Future Macs

strangely, I had thunderbolt in previous mac book now I have 2 thunderbolts in Macbook but not a single device to plug in? Why is that?
 
I personally am starting to experience dongle fatigue since I got my new MacBook Pro last year. Recently, I connected my Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter, since the environment in which I live and work, this is the only way to connect to the Net. I am currently running El Capitan, 10.11.6, but its not connecting to the Network. I don't know why, it works in Sierra, which I have dual booting on another partition. Its just, I know if there was a built in Ethernet, this would work without issue. Now I have to sort out why I am unable to connect.
 
Mr. Dee said:
I personally am starting to experience dongle fatigue since I got my new MacBook Pro last year. Recently, I connected my Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter, since the environment in which I live and work, this is the only way to connect to the Net. I am currently running El Capitan, 10.11.6, but its not connecting to the Network. I don't know why, it works in Sierra, which I have dual booting on another partition. Its just, I know if there was a built in Ethernet, this would work without issue. Now I have to sort out why I am unable to connect.
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I am desperately waiting for a new MBP or a "power' MBA and this worries me. Until Wireless is gigabit, I really want ethernet ports. The dongle I use if I borrow my wife's MBP seems kind of flimsy and it is apple brand.
 
All nice features rumored for the next MacBook's to be sure, especially the Touch ID portion and faster USB speeds.
 
Rumors have also previously suggested Thunderbolt 3, which includes support for 10Gb/s USB 3.1 and DisplayPort 1.2, will be introduced in Apple's most highly anticipated machine due for a refresh, the MacBook Pro, so the code found today is in line with what we'd expect to see.
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It's feels sad that they are talking about pro level connectivity upgrades and the Mac Pro isn't even mentioned.
 
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mikecorp said:
strangely, I had thunderbolt in previous mac book now I have 2 thunderbolts in Macbook but not a single device to plug in? Why is that?
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Because you haven't purchased one?

Like Firewire before it, devices that use this fast IO aren't cheap, so you don't see them in the wild as often as USB.

I love my Thunderbolt drives, but not the price to purchase them.
 
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StevieD100 said:
Some of us have a very different use case to you. That is to be expected.
I was at a customer site a few days ago where everything was put on a USB drive and after being scanned by security, we were allowed to copy the files to the target systems which are air-gapped from the rest of the world. No Wifi, no plugging in your drives, no plugging in your MBP to the air-gapped network. My MBP is also scanned by their security people before I can take it inside the restricted areas.
My 2015 15in MBP has just about the right number of connections (apart from Ethernet) for my job. Many places don't have Wifi that visitors can connect to.
any reduction in connectivity will be a big backwards step IMHO.
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I have been to customer sites like that, though now that I think of it it was not in the current decade. I've even been to customer sites where carrying a USB drive in or out was forbidden. They even prohibited carrying cellphones with cameras.

Some people will need adapters in some situations in order to do their work. But it's not a mark of a professional to need half a dozen legacy ports on their notebook computers. I read the same argument a few years back: "How can they call it Pro when it doesn't even have an optical disc drive built in?"
 
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Mr. Dee said:
I personally am starting to experience dongle fatigue since I got my new MacBook Pro last year. Recently, I connected my Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter, since the environment in which I live and work, this is the only way to connect to the Net. I am currently running El Capitan, 10.11.6, but its not connecting to the Network. I don't know why, it works in Sierra, which I have dual booting on another partition. Its just, I know if there was a built in Ethernet, this would work without issue. Now I have to sort out why I am unable to connect.
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You need to adjust the system preference for network to allow the thunderbolt ethernet to connect by DHCP is the usual fix. Otherwise, note which IP address it uses on Sierra, and use that for El Capitan. (Assuming it's a fixed IP address)
 
xmonkey said:
That goes against pretty much all the evidence we have that they will put a mobile Polaris chip in them, so I'm really not sure what you're basing this on... "making them thinner" is not exactly a solid reason for dismissing the possibility of a dGPU.
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Only the 15 mbp on select models have dedicated gpu, plus thunderbolt 3 opens the door for external gpus. Heck we're talking about Apple here, they're getting rid of the headphone jack.
 
ILuvEggplant said:
How much do you want to bet it ships with one port
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I don't think they will do that. They did that with the MacBook because Apple considers that their "consumer" product where people think only of product appearance, or at least primarily of appearance. It wouldn't be unusual for a Pro user (say a developer) to be powering the laptop, running an external 4k display and have an iPhone test device plugged in simultaneously. While you CAN do this with a single port, it would be putting a lot of electricity and bandwidth on the same port where with 2 or 3 it could be distributed across multiple ports.
 
JamieLannister said:
Let's not all get jolly good over some specs here....very atypical of any apple lover...

You guys should've learned by now: never ever buy 1st generation apple product. Wait for 2nd or even 3rd revisions before you spend your hard earned dollars.
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If that were at all possible for me, I would, but I've already been waiting for a very long time to upgrade. It has to happen soon...
[doublepost=1472140349][/doublepost]Oh, btw... Is USB 3.1 meant to be any less a piece of s*** than USB 3, in terms of actually connecting to devices, not randomly ejecting drives, etc.?
 
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doelcm82 said:
I don't find myself interfacing much with thumb drives, hard drives, or printers using physical connections any more. I used to, and I admit I have worried about how a new connector would affect me. But seeing it put the way you did made me realize how long it has been since I used a wire to connect to a printer.

Nowadays, nearly everything I do is wireless, even in my professional life.
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For some of us working with legacy files from others and in a different place each day, a USB port would not just be nice. it's essential.
 
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