On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM, JOHN CARMONNE <[email protected]> wrote: > Will Apple ever support eSATA?
I tend to doubt it. My total wild-ass speculating guess is that this might be a Steve Jobs sort of thing. eSATA does not supply power to the external device and perhaps "the Steve" has deemed this to be as inappropriate as a two button mouse? Maybe they'll add support for eSATA with power (e-SATAP ?) at some future date? On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM, JOHN CARMONNE <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the deal on USB 3.0? I don't know what the deal is with USB 3.0. I would have expected it to be integrated into the motherboard chipsets by now. But it was pointed out to me in another thread that Intel is currently talking as though there is no need to incorporate USB 3.0 until sometime towards the end of 2011 or perhaps even 2012? PC motherboards currently support USB 3.0 by incorporating a non-Intel chip. The only response Intel appears to have to that is to announce plans to sell their own discrete USB 3.0 support chip. I think Intel has its corporate bureaucratic head up its butt. Apparently the planners expect they can do the transition to USB 3.0 the same way that the move to USB 2.0 was done i.e. pretty much on their terms. However, no one seems to have checked with the Chinese manufacturers. They don't seem to care one bit about Intel's plans and are tossing USB 3.0 devices at the market with what appears to be an increasing pace. The market may well move fast enough on its own to leave Intel behind (at least for a bit). What truly surprises me is that AMD has not tried to exploit this by integrating USB 3.0 into one of their chipsets. Oh, well. My Macish point here is that I don't see Apple adding USB 3.0 support until Intel integrates it. Maybe they'll go the separate chip support route if the market builds enough. And/or if there are enough competing USB 3.0 chips out there for Apple to pit one against the other and get them at close to cost. USB 3.0 on a Mac would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath in anticipation. -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
