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I thought Thunderbolt can't simply be added because it's dependent on the motherboard. Or maybe that's an Intel soft-restriction.
 
Your computer has to have thunderbolt to begin with, if it doesn't you can't use it, end of story. If it does have it, you can daisy chain thunderbolt devices.
 
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