Thunderbolt Technology

**harrybarracuda** · 23-05-2012, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by baldrick

I wonder if 60 GHz will render this tech obsolete very quickly

if you could just put your device onto a inductive power pad and have it autolink would you want something that required cables ?

Possibly, but the thing that jumps out for me is that with all the solutions they've come up with is that:

The interface was originally intended to run exclusively on an optical physical layer ..<snip> However, it was discovered that conventional copper wiring could furnish the desired 10 Gbit/s Thunderbolt bandwidth per channel at lower cost

Plus, Lacie and WD already have Thunderbolt drives, but they are 50-100% more expensive than USB 3.0 drives they already sell.

I wouldn't have a use for one in the house yet, but if you get support for it on a motherboard you can buy now (with USB 3.0 slots already available), then it doesn't hurt to have the option down the line.

The big question is whether Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. start offering it onboard, and include internal drives as well. By the way, MSI are the #2 motherboard maker, so between them and Asustek they have a pretty big chunk of the market.

**Butterfly** · 23-05-2012, 07:01 PM

Thunderbolt seems as useful as 4GB RAM in your grandmother laptop

**baldrick** · 23-05-2012, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

but if you get support for it on a motherboard you can buy now

I would think that the premium was not worth it

if you decided you needed it later , put in a PCIe card

USB 3 on the other hand is backward compatible and does quite a decent speed - and at the moment ( and for a while longer ) most do not need more than 1080p streaming speeds

**Butterfly** · 23-05-2012, 07:06 PM

whatever happened to FireWire ? another apple sponsored tech, seems like nobody cares about it anymore despite a promising beginning

Did USB3 killed FireWire ?

**harrybarracuda** · 23-05-2012, 07:34 PM

There's 13,603 Firewire results on Amazon alone, so I doubt it.

**Cthulhu** · 28-05-2012, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

who fucking care, these are toys for stupid geeks (incidentally apple sponsored devices)

USB2 and USB3 is more than enough,

Techies are as dumb as discount coupons gripping grannies

Who is this guy????

**baldrick** · 28-05-2012, 11:32 AM

our resident quebecois technical guru

if you ask him nicely he will share with you tips about how to modify your registry to allow you to view 1080p goat porn

**Butterfly** · 28-05-2012, 12:38 PM

cool another tech retard to add to my list

**harrybarracuda** · 28-05-2012, 01:15 PM

^ Birds of a feather.....

**Butterfly** · 28-05-2012, 01:23 PM

harryb, nobody fucking cares if they can gain 10sec for copying a 1GB file faster, only stupid basement retards like yourself are stupid enough to think it makes a difference, obsessed with tools and "modifications" that nobody care

do you really think that adding 8GB of RAM and upgrading to Win7 means you do more work than surfing porn or answering emails faster in your Level 1 Tech support job ?

**harrybarracuda** · 28-05-2012, 02:17 PM

Buttplug, stop getting all angry just because you don't understand shit.

Take one of your Prozac and have a sit down, there's a good retard.

**Cthulhu** · 28-05-2012, 02:37 PM

So, this guy is some frustrated and bitter guy who was fired by Apple 20 years ago, and has been seething in some shithole since then?

Seriously, what's his deal? You sure he's Quebecquois? He doesn't sound even remotely like someone with a French education - those guys are usually smart.

Last I checked Thunderbolt's advantages are that it's daisy-chainable, and has huge enough bandwidth to drive up to six HD displays, and is faster than fiber channel.

Certainly no significant gains will be realized in single drive configurations, but once you have 16-drive raid systems for available for sharing, for workstation work, the advantages in speed become obvious.

For single consumer users, the daisy-chain ability, and that it's a tiny connector will matter. With it you can drive dual 27" displays from a MacBook. That's pretty spiffy.

**Butterfly** · 28-05-2012, 02:47 PM

^ oh no, another idiot mac fan

must be related to Quack Quack by the tone of his post

**harrybarracuda** · 28-05-2012, 03:44 PM

Cthulhu you almost have Buttplug nailed; just chuck in his penchant for sucking ladyboy cock and you could get a job at Quantico in the BAU.

I'll certainly be keeping my eye on Thunderbolt, we shift a good few terabytes around each night and it's a pain in the arse.

**baldrick** · 28-05-2012, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by baldrick

I wonder if 60 GHz will render this tech obsolete very quickly

I had expected this to be available with the ivy bridge releases by intel

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Laptop to TV with Intel® Wireless Display (WiDi)

**Butterfly** · 28-05-2012, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

we shift a good few terabytes around each night and it's a pain in the arse

backing up your gay porn ?

**harrybarracuda** · 28-05-2012, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

we shift a good few terabytes around each night and it's a pain in the arse

backing up your gay porn ?

I don't do gay porn Buttplug, but we all know you do, and I'd hazard a guess you're quite keen on the odd pain in the arse, too.

**Butterfly** · 29-05-2012, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'll certainly be keeping my eye on ladyboy cock, we shift a good few sucking around each night and it's a pain in the arse.

ok, if you say so

**harrybarracuda** · 29-05-2012, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'll certainly be keeping my eye on ladyboy cock, we shift a good few sucking around each night and it's a pain in the arse.

ok, if you say so

Projecting your fantasies again? Tsk, what a retard.

**Cthulhu** · 29-05-2012, 04:02 PM

So, what's his deal? Just posting garbage in tech threads?

**harrybarracuda** · 29-05-2012, 04:57 PM

Essentially yes. Then throwing a tantrum when everyone rips the piss out of him. He loves the cock.

**Butterfly** · 29-05-2012, 05:38 PM

harry, you should ask your new friend to join your XBOX gang or your facebook network

**harrybarracuda** · 29-05-2012, 06:10 PM

Only a couple of hours till your next few gobfulls, eh Butters?

**Butterfly** · 29-05-2012, 06:30 PM

time to put your gear up for Call of Duty, it's dark soon

**harrybarracuda** · 29-05-2012, 07:13 PM

Finished that ages ago. I was thinking of trying out your favourite next, Star Wars.

Let's have another look at you in action, eh?

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