So, by your definition, any new tech is a gimmick. I guess you hate on everyone except amd these days, huh?
Sent from my iPad On Mar 19, 2011, at 9:05 PM, "Stan Zaske" <[email protected]> wrote: > It is a gimmick. You don't think I know it's now included into Applesauce > products? Really? Good first effort by Intel and Job's Mob. LOL Oh yeah, > Intel changed their minds and based it on copper instead of fiber. The > company any intelligent person loves to despise more than Intel itself. LOL > Or is that Microsoft? > > > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:30:09 -0500, Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> A gimmick? It's now included on some Apple laptops. Why are new things >> considered gimmicks? Seems unfair to me, as that word mostly has a negative >> connotation. >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Mar 19, 2011, at 9:53 AM, "Stan Zaske" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's just a gimmick at the present with great promise for the future. >>> Imagine having that kind of speed with future SSD's capable of utilizing >>> it. This is precisely the reason Intel has been very slow to adopt USB 3 in >>> their chipsets. They want to bypass and supplant USB 3 entirely. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:28:53 -0500, Bino Gopal <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface) >>>> So I've read the Wikipedia article but I'm still not sure I get *how* this >>>> is going to change things exactly...is this basically only a faster means >>>> of transferring data from external devices (like HDDs)? Is that all or >>>> are there more use cases I'm not thinking of? >>>> And how do people feel this will compare to USB 3.0? Since I have neither >>>> of them, it's an interesting question of which I'd rather have/use going >>>> forward...thoughts? I know some people are saying HDD speeds will be the >>>> bottleneck now, not the bus, so if so, what would be the advantage of one >>>> over the other in practical, everyday terms? >>>> BINO >>>> >>>> P.S. And is it just me, or was the time to market for this *really* fast >>>> compared to other new tech that gets announced and seems to take forever >>>> before we see it in implementation?? >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
