Wow, emotions really seem to be high about merely a new I/O interface! I actually think it's pretty interesting that that the port supports copper or optical. Future higher bandwidth versions will have optical transceivers built into the cable itself. Guess we'll have to see how much the cost will be for that.
USB 3.0 is DOA. With Intel (and Apple) behind Thunderbolt I think there's a good chance it takes off. I'd love to be able to attach PCIe peripherals externally. Think of the possibilities! Scott On Mar 19, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: > Why so personal Anthony? I'm not an AMD fanboy because everybody knows Apple > business practices suck. Wow, didn't expect that.. Oh, you're an Apple > fanboy. LOL My bad.. > > > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:13:52 -0500, Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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/ > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
