

A publication claims that USB 3.0 could at last hit Macs.

Move could alleviate Apple owners' woes of limited peripheral selection










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By SoCalBoomer on 9/2/2011 6:50:20 PM , Rating: 2
Yes, it has much higher throughput than does USB 3

However, USB is cheaper, easier to implement, backwards compatible, and is becoming ubiquitous (esp since it is backwards compatible) - TBolt is none of these.

It takes an expensive cable, is not compatible with anything except displayport (and that's far from ubiquitous). . .

So, it's "catching up" like Apple finally caught up with SD capability. . .

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By TEAMSWITCHER on 9/2/11, Rating: 0
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and these thunderbolt devices are on sale where? Link please!

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By StevoLincolnite on 9/3/2011 12:38:54 AM , Rating: 2
USB 3 can't can't drive a external display but Thunderbolt can and much, much, more.

Wrong. USB 3 can drive an external Display with a special device in the middle, you could do it even with USB 2.

any device that can connect to a PCI Express bus can connect to Thunderbolt, it's already compatible with existing technologies, even USB 3

Problem is the amount of native peripherals with Thunderbolt. Hint: They're almost non-existent at this stage.
Where-as USB has been around for over a decade and completely backwards compatible and widely available.

I sure hope PC manufacturers don't dismiss Thunderbolt to save a few dollars on their designs, it's fantastic technology that when mature could lead to exciting new computer designs.

It's not going to make your PC any more curved or shiny, hence it won't alter PC designs much if at all, just another Port to add to the mix alongside everything else.

USB is pretty much on every computer and will continue being the defacto connectivity standard for Printers, flash drives, external Hard Drives etc'. As it's a port that can be found in Cars, Phones, Televisions etc'. Thunderbolt? Good luck.

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By TakinYourPoints on 9/2/2011 9:10:11 PM , Rating: 2
The cable thing is such a short term issue. All radically new tech is expensive out of the gate (USB, Firewire, SCSI, etc etc), and as it stands Thunderbolt is still faster and cheaper to implement than fiber.

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