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		beedogs on July 31, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Apple's new ads look like Microsoft made them. Why would I want a PCI adapter box? I could've done that with Firewire (400 or 800). I want some native devices. I haven't seen any other laptops shipping with TB interfaces, either (but I'll confess to not having looked thoroughly.) This is probably what's keeping native devices from being more numerous.

gnaffle on July 31, 2012 [–]

What native devices do you want to see? What kind of devices do you want that would need Thunderbolt speeds, and aren't on the market today?

Could you have gotten Thunderbolt speed with Firewire? No.

For slower data rates you have USB (2 and 3). So what's your point?

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