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post #61 of 70
1/11/12 at 7:11pm
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Nevermind, here's what I'm getting:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/9/2695668/seagate-thunderbolt-adapters-goflex/in/2464703

My biggest drives already support this. Done!
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post #62 of 70
1/11/12 at 7:39pm
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Originally Posted by Sam Posten View Post

Nevermind, here's what I'm getting:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/9/2695668/seagate-thunderbolt-adapters-goflex/in/2464703
My biggest drives already support this. Done!


Wow.  I see no allure in this at all.   $189 for an adapter that converts Thunderbolt into standard SATA backends.   So, you're still hard limited by the SATA-II interface controller on whatever drive you're using, and you're adding a price premium of almost $200 to any hard drive.   In the end, you get not much better than somewhere between USB2/USB3 speeds, because the SATA controller is the bottleneck.

 

 

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while the larger desktop variety is due before the end of the first half of this year, priced at $189. The company will also be selling a Thunderbolt cable for $50.

 

So, counting the cable you pay $239 to adapt a SATA HDD to Thunderbolt.   Sam, can you tell me what in the world is the benefit there?

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post #63 of 70
1/11/12 at 9:22pm
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I hope you are reading it wrong and not me, looks like my portable drives will only require a $99 adapter.
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post #64 of 70
1/12/12 at 4:09am
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Originally Posted by Sam Posten View Post

I hope you are reading it wrong and not me, looks like my portable drives will only require a $99 adapter.


That's for a 2.5".  It doesn't include the cable ($50).   So, $149.  

 

Again, though, since it's an adapter that connects to a SATA interface, the speed is still not beneficial

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post #65 of 70
1/12/12 at 7:01am
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Goddamn this stupid forum, I didn't copy and paste this one before posting.

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post #66 of 70
2/1/12 at 7:28am
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$100 off the TB display today only:
http://9to5mac.com/2012/02/01/thunderbolt-display-900-free-shipping/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29
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post #67 of 70
3/9/12 at 11:22am
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Intel needs to make Thunderbolt more prevalent and cheaper, not faster but.....
http://www.macgasm.net/2012/03/09/thunderbolt-will-get-even-faster-with-pci-express-3-0/
http://www.cultofmac.com/151931/intel-wants-to-make-thunderbolt-ports-even-faster/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
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post #68 of 70
3/12/12 at 9:35pm

Intel says optical cables coming this year:

http://www.macworld.com/article/165826/2012/02/intel_optical_cables_for_thunderbolt_coming_this_year.html

 

Apparently one of the downsides of the optical cables is that devices that pull power from the cable will need their own power supply. At least they should be compatibile with current devices.

 

-Keith

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post #69 of 70
3/13/12 at 5:35am
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Yeah, so that's a non starter for me for the uses I have for it. I guess if you are using it for RAIDs it's no big deal. The separate power supply is why I took back the Little Big Disk. That and the fact that you can't bootcamp from it.
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post #70 of 70
4/5/12 at 12:18pm
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Now shipping:
http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10574

Lets you connect your esata drives via TB.
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