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Thunderbolt is here
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According to current specs, Thunderbolt looks to be about twice as fast (currently 10Gb/s vs 4.8Gb/s) … one might reasonably expect to have multiple devices, including USB3 (possibly via a hub or adaptor) plugged into a single Thunderbolt port
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So in order to use this thunderbolt feature, does that mean that storage devices also need to have thunderbolt port or can it connect with any usb or firewire port ? If yes, would it still give you the enhanced speed?
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[Sohrab Sandhu] “So in order to use this thunderbolt feature, does that mean that storage devices also need to have thunderbolt port or can it connect with any usb or firewire port ? If yes, would it still give you the enhanced speed?”
All devices are governed by the connection speed. So if your storage device is FW800 for example, your speeds will be FW800 speed.
If both the device and the Mac have the Thunderbolt connection, then you’ll be able to take full advantage of the speed.
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This might make the Mac Mini worth looking at for sever applications now. Still doesn’t fully replace an Xserve but you could get 3-4 Mac Minis into a cluster for the price of 1 Mac Pro.
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Hmm, I’m probably putting in my order for a 12-core Mac Pro tomorrow along with an 8 TB RAID. I wish this were already available on the Mac Pro. I don’t see a reason why it can’t be added later via a Lightpeak PCIe card. Does anyone know if it would be possible to hack the current iMacs to have Thunderbolt, like the eSATA hack from OWC?
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Too long. I vote we all call it “T-Bolt”.
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One would think that thunderbolt MacPros won’t be far behind
I would wait or hire.
Peter
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[Peter Wiggins] “One would think that thunderbolt MacPros won’t be far behind”
I have a feeling there will be PCIe-TBolt adapters for under $100 (maybe even under $50), shipping within 2-3 months.
Alex
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[Rafael Amador] “… I hope the black thin line on the picture still being the Express slot. …”
Yes, as noted in the new MacBook Pro 17″ tech specs on Apple’s website: “ExpressCard/34 slot”:
https://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs-17inch.html—
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