Kind of a generic question, what do you usually have connected to the Thunderbolt ports on your Mac? In the case of my iMac it's a LaCie 3 TB external HDD and a 2012 Mac mini operating over Thunderbolt Bridge.
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What do you use your Thunderbolt ports for?
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- LaCie Big 5 20TB (TB1);
- OWC Thunder bay (TB2) with three 4TB drives and a Samsung 850 pro SSD;
- Startech TB2 Dock with a powered speaker system, an eSATA 2TB Drive, a USB3 4TB, a USB 128 SSD (Windows 8), and a USB printer/scanner attached. One dock USB port open for fast charging and portable USB drives;
- Display port monitor (LG27EA83D);
- Apple TB to FW adapter with older OWC firewire drive and a camera daisy chained.
System works well, no issues.
- OWC Thunder bay (TB2) with three 4TB drives and a Samsung 850 pro SSD;
- Startech TB2 Dock with a powered speaker system, an eSATA 2TB Drive, a USB3 4TB, a USB 128 SSD (Windows 8), and a USB printer/scanner attached. One dock USB port open for fast charging and portable USB drives;
- Display port monitor (LG27EA83D);
- Apple TB to FW adapter with older OWC firewire drive and a camera daisy chained.
System works well, no issues.
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I don't use it, it seems it was dead before it even started. Still to expensive for devices that support it.
connect it to caldigit thunderbolt 2 docking station and then from docking station I can connect gigabit ethernet, USB 3, audio and HDMI monitor. looks really neat ...
http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation2/
http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation2/
Port 1:
LG 34" 34UM95 monitor
(and attached to the TB port on the monitor is a Transcend TB 256GB SSD drive)
Port 2:
Dell P2715Q 27" 4K monitor
LG 34" 34UM95 monitor
(and attached to the TB port on the monitor is a Transcend TB 256GB SSD drive)
Port 2:
Dell P2715Q 27" 4K monitor
