so.. how do you like Thunderbolt?

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  1. The LT

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    Have you seen Thunderbolt 3? These are different standards for different needs. TB is just PCI-E on a wire.
     
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    Speed, my friend, is the point. And ease of use compared to enterprise solutions like IB or FC. It's also the only viable solution for external GPU connectivity and other high performance video solutions.

    Thunderbolt isn't meant to compete with USB. USB3 is 5Gbps, TB2 is 20Gbps. TB3 is going to be 40Gbps if I remember correctly. Of course, USB is going to be mainstream. TB isn't aimed at mainstream adoption.
     
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    well i use one TB port for a mini display port monitor and the other with a firewire 800 adapter which is in turn plugged into a firewire 400 adapter. so i am not using it to its fullest, but i like knowing its there if something ever gets invented for it that i want/can afford
     
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    On Imac OSX 10.9.5 here you have thunderbolt and USB 2 speed (on same disk)

    Iomega Ego 2TB Desktop external disk thunderbolt connected:

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    Iomega Ego 2TB Desktop external disk USB 2 connected:


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    esata doesn't cut it usb 3.0 would be good enough for now ! Thunderbolt is to new and Expensive
     
  6. Herr Durr

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    are you kidding me? not my price range... maybe you're a sheikh or a lottery winner
     
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    rme adi-2 ...works on a pc or mac even if you have a windows 98 or classic mac os .....:rofl:
     
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    I run an apollo Duo. I decided to buy a thunderbolt cable since I have a new mac pro anyway. Speaking with Universal Audio, they mentioned that their new software was optimized for thunderbolt and that there were features the firewire guys couldnt have. Also, they informed me that I would get a small boost in latency performance. I took the plunge and yes I must say, I feel it was worth it. If you have the funds, do it. It's a new wave starting, and thunderbolt as far as apple and the mac hardware/softmakers are concerned is the new future.
     
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    but what do you guys copy from A to B, to be so in need for speed?

    the point is still, that no PC will support it, because Apple will limit it and they want for sure license fees.
    i am really sure it will have a short life like Firewire had.
     
  10. The LT

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    Dailies from the RED cinema cameras on-set comes to mind.

    PC already supports it with native Intel drivers. Works perfectly with my Asus Z97 and X99 mobos and ThunderboltEX II Dual cards. Used to work fine with Gigabyte Z87 mobos as well.

    Thunderbolt isn't really an Apple-licensed tech, it's Intel.

    Not mine as well. But I managed to buy a load of 4Gbps Fibre HBAs for 25$ apiece. Gave us a native 4Gbps FibreChannel network with Apple Xsan which gave close to 400/400MByte/sec transfers for a couple grand. Homebuilt SCST array with software RAID on Linux (mdraid).

    Bulky, but got the job done. High-speed shared storage was the goal. This enterprise tech gets dirt-cheap when it gets phased out. Can't wait for 8Gbps adapters to become cheap. Not the case yet, apparently.

    esata is wire-speed equal to regular sata. Not sure what you mean...
     
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    @The LT can you next time use the multi-quote feature? you created 3 posts a row, if everybody does this, we would end up in a gazillion long thread.

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    didnt know its an intel, well looks like apple supported it first, because thunderbolt is somehow connected with apple only in my memory.
     
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    Sorry, dunno why I missed this, must have been drinking or something. Fixed.
     
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