True. Everyman's interface might <div>remain USB 3.0 for a long while. Many</div><div>interfaces have come and gone. I </div><div>remember SCSI and Firewire peripherals</div><div>in the Sunday paper inserts years ago.</div>
<div>Now they, and almost the Sunday paper,</div><div>have disappeared - of course SCSI is</div><div>still around for the expensive iron, but</div><div>never got real cheap for everyman, </div><div>including the cables. How many </div>
<div>interfaces one can expect the peripherals</div><div>industry to support is unclear. You can</div><div>be endless converters - e.g., SATA to </div><div>USB - at Cyberguys, but I think this is</div><div>more a matter of compatibility than </div>
<div>performance. USB 2 seems fast</div><div>enough yet for most Joe Blow uses.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Robar Philip <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip.robar@gmail.com" target="_blank">philip.robar@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:17 PM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thunderbolt-performance-z77a-gd80,3205.html" target="_blank">http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thunderbolt-performance-z77a-gd80,3205.html</a><br>
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> An interesting development, apparently<br>
> with coming availability to PCs and Linux.<br>
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</div></div>Note that Thunderbolt cables are expensive at $50 and no one expects them to get much cheaper in the near future.<br>
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Also Thunderbolt peripherals are very expensive—even for a simple single external drive. Unless you’re a professional or a business is paying for your equipment you probably won’t be using Thunderbolt in the foreseeable future.<br>
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As a 2011 iMac owner I’m kinda screwed. No eSATA, no USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt is just way too expensive; leaving me stuck with Firewire 800/400 and USB 2.0.<br>
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I had a brief glimmer of hope when I saw this article by USA Today, “Thunderbolt drive: Speedy alternative for Macs,” but after reading it I’ve decided that their writers are paid way too much. Quote:<br>
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The only problem: Thunderbolt drives were scarcely available,<br>
and the ones that were in stock were extremely pricey.<br>
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Finally Seagate and Western Digital, which dominate the<br>
hard-drive industry, have released Thunderbolt drives for<br>
the Mac, and they truly are super speedy and affordable.<br>
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Well, if you define “affordable” as just being grossly overpriced rather than ridiculously overpriced then maybe. For instance, Seagate’s Thunderbolt premium for their portable single drive is $150 (including the price of a cable). And the premium for their desktop model is $250.<br>
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So for most of us Thunderbolt will just be a convenient way to attach multiple monitors.<br>
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Phil<br>
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