Thunderbolt in new iMac

[lugesm]

Will be receiving my new iMac next week . . . with THUNDERBOLT.

I was kind-of excited about the high speed port until I realized that I don't have ANYTHING to plug into that port. Further, when I search the Internet for Thunderbolt peripherals, I don't find any that are currently available.

To make matters worse, Apple is offering new products with no USB-3 port. From what I can read on the Internet, USB-3 appears to be well underway, while Thunderbolt could go the way of FireWire. Sad.

In addition, it appears that a Thunderbolt to USB3 converter is not available, and probably not feasible.

Someone, please tell me I am wrong about this.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

TB devices will arrive in the next weeks, even USB 3 to TB adapters.
There have been several threads about this, maybe you could look into one of them?

 

[philipma1957]

you are wrong about this! t-bolt will make a usb-3 converter. and in a little bit this unit will be out

http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10549


it is just like when I was in the Navy "hurry up and wait" was the quote of most days!

 

[lugesm]

you are wrong about this! t-bolt will make a usb-3 converter. and in a little bit this unit will be out

http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10549

I was aware of the lacie (not yet released) product. I have not found any other announcements.

By the way, is there an article on the "usb-3 converter" that you mention?

Thanks.
L

 

[shady28]

Thunderbolt Peripherals

It does look like some items will be coming out next week, hopefully actually available. Some articles are saying Apple will be using the Final Cut Pro X debut to also announce release of some peripherals.

It's about freaking time, 6 months since they released the Macbook Pro's and 2 months after the iMacs and you can't even buy an external thunderbolt HDD, or anything faster than FW800 for that matter.