Worth going all Apple?
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Floppy disc drives, parallel port adapters and RS232 expansion cards.
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Full-size professional video capture, audio interface, SAS & SATA HBA, 8Gb Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and RAID controller cards.
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Really? Answering a question 100% correctly is trolling? My wife uses our Mac's Tb for some of these purposes. lol.
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/ec...sschassis.html
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Everything he answered is correct with the possible exception of video capture/audio interface, which are readily available externally. You're either trolling, or way out of your league right now.
FWIW, there are plenty of 1GbE Ethernet adapters that are PCI-E as well, but I suppose they're available through USB as well.
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No one is wanting Thunder Bolt to fail, but it won't replace USB as the interface of choice for many home electronics.
Professional audio interfaces (DAC or ADC) have been readily available for years with USB 2.0. Aside from that, the rest of them have a very niche market (which is what people have been saying btw).
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No. 4k Retina Audio.
Only comes with Macs. Audio so good, you can't believe your eyes.
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Soygen
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Yeah, my brain feels like it's hitting a speed-bump every time I read the response and then the quote.
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Interesting comparison between Thunderbolt and USB 3.0:http://gizmodo.com/5980157/thunderbo...?post=56857929
Yeah, it's a Gizmodo link, but it's a crosspost from MaximumPC.
TLDR: Even though Thunderbolt is faster than USB 3.0 (16.9 GBs written in 23 seconds for Thunderbolt, 55 seconds for USB 3.0), they call it a tie due to the 'ubiquity' of USB vs Thunderbolt.
Yeah, it's a Gizmodo link, but it's a crosspost from MaximumPC.
TLDR: Even though Thunderbolt is faster than USB 3.0 (16.9 GBs written in 23 seconds for Thunderbolt, 55 seconds for USB 3.0), they call it a tie due to the 'ubiquity' of USB vs Thunderbolt.
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Youre confusing wanting it to fail with knowing its gonna flop due to something already doing what is required by 99.9% of the market for much cheaper already. Thunderbolt will most likely flop/fail/whateverthefuck because usb does what the overwhelming majority of consumers want and need out of connectivity. You dont need thunderbolt to connect your phone to the wall to charge it or transfer files between PCs.
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I would imagine it costs mobo/video card manufacturers more to support multiple gfx interface types than it does peripheral manufacturers.
And this is as much or more about consumer convenience and marketing than it is about need. So is the majority of other tech progression. We may need more than integrated graphics for the stuff we're into, but the majority of people don't.
This whole 'discussion' is stupid, and I agree with those before who have said that USB isn't going anywhere for a while, and LB will be used for more professional/enthusiast applications.