Even though Apple has included Thunderbolt ports on its Mac line since 2011, the technology hasn’t really taken off yet as a go-to connection for accessory makers. Despite that, Intel is making Thunderbolt even better by doubling its data-transfer rate.
This morning at NAB, Intel announced the next generation of its Thunderbolt interface. The new Thunderbolt will clock in with 20 Gbps transfer-speeds in both directions and support 4k video.
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While Apple’s newer notebooks like the MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro are certainly aesthetically pleasing, some trade offs had to be made in order to achieve such thin machines. Apple has been slowly paring down the number of ports it includes on its notebooks, most notable with the MacBook Air.
Even though these machines are becoming more and more capable all the time, the lack of connections [Read More...]
LaCie, the fantastic data storage company that was recently acquired by Seagate, has updated its d2 external hard drive with USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt. It comes in a sleek, minimal, fan-free, aluminum shell that looks great next to any Mac.
With speeds of up to 180MB/s, the only real downside to this drive is that it’s not solid state. LaCie is selling both 3TB and 4TB models.
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It might not look it, but this thing is fast.
Wowsers! Western Digital’s Thunderbolt My Book VelociRaptor Duo is all about the big numbers. 10,000 RPM platters, 2TB storage, 10Gb/s transfer (in both directions) and – if you daisy-chain it with other Thunderbolt drives – you can RAID things up to make them even faster.
Heck, even the price is impressive: $ 860. Ouch!
To be fair, this is a [Read More...]
Two months ago, we shared that Apple started rolling out support for their Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter that allowed all new owners of the MacBook Pro with retina display to have access to a wired Internet connection. Today, Apple is starting to roll out their Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter via their online store, which like many of Apple’s adapters, carries a $29.00 price tag. Since the new MacBook Pro with retina display is so thin, Apple decided [Read More...]
Ever wondered what the Mac setup of a tech companies CEO would look like? If you guessed it’d be a series of awesome Apple hardware complete with an amazing view of New York City, you’d be right. Hardware shown in the picture includes:
iPad 3 iMac 27″ (2011) top of the line 2x Thunderbolt 27″ Apple displays Retina MacBook Pro iPhone 4S
The view is from [Read More...]
Ever wondered what the Mac setup of a tech companies CEO would look like? If you guessed it’d be a series of awesome Apple hardware complete with an amazing view of New York City, you’d be right. Hardware shown in the picture includes:
iPad 3 iMac 27″ (2011) top of the line 2x Thunderbolt 27″ Apple displays Retina MacBook Pro iPhone 4S
The view is from [Read More...]
Some of you may have experienced the unfortunate kernel panic on boot problem that is occurring on certain Macs after they’ve installed recent software updates. If you haven’t installed the “Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2? yet it’s best to avoid it completely until a fix comes from Apple. If it’s too late and you’re experiencing crashes on reboot, then you’ll probably want to know the cause of the kernel [Read More...]
Cheap and fairly cheerful: The Matrox DS1 Thunderbolt dock.
Love the idea of a Thunderbolt docking station but hate the idea of paying $ 1,000 for an Apple Thunderbolt-equipped display? Then why not save yourself $ 750 and opt for the Matrox DS1? The dock, which is $ 50 cheaper than Belkin’s Thunderbolt dock, packs in DVI, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, a pair of USB 2.0 ports, audio in [Read More...]
According to IDG News Intel is working on moving its Thunderbolt I/O standard to the PCI-Express 3.0 protocol. Currently Intel and Apples I/O lovechild Thunderbolt is based on the PCI-Express 2.0 protocol. The move to PCI-Express could potentially double data transfer speeds over current implementations of Thunderbolt. Intel in the future will support the PCI-Express 3.0 protocol to shuttle data faster between host devices and peripherals, an Intel spokesman said in an email. Computers with Thunderbolt interconnect currently [Read More...]
