Friday, July 1, 2011

Apple now sells cables Thunderbolt

Remember that standard for connecting devices created by Apple and Intel has not yet been adopted by industry because it has yet to prove that it is better than USB 3.0? It's called Thunderbolt and was first implemented in the next generation of MacBook Pro released this year. But so far only served as a port for connecting an external monitor with a mini DisplayPort, since there was a cable Thunderbolt available.


Apple today released remembered it and the cables on their online store, allowing owners of the new MacBooks can take advantage of all the 10 Gbps (in each of two independent channels) that the standard offers. That is, if they also have a device with this pattern available, because until now very few manufacturers have decided to adopt him. Alternatively, they can also connect two Macs that have this pattern, Target Disk Mode.

Outside the cable, which is 2 meters long, is being sold for $ 49.00 and, because it is just a cable, I found that the known rate-Brazil Import of electronic goods would not apply to him. I was a fool.