The Little Big Disk is simply the fastest way to backup your data you've ever used. But it's also, finally, a delivery on Apple's promise that Thunderbolt would do crazy things to our tech lives. That promise came true. Read More >>
The peppy Air has come a long way from its birthday, when it crawled out of the Apple womb scrawny and anemic. Now it's got serious processing muscle—but not enough to edit insanely high-res video, right? Wrong! Read More >>
Thunderbolt is fast. Actually, that's a simplistic view. It's incredibly fast (10Gbps bi-directional speeds!) and can handle multiple protocols. You can use Thunderbolt to attach a monitor, external drives, video capture devices, and hubs that support USB and Firewire. Real products are finally arriving, so we thought we'd make a list of the best ones. Read More >>
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"[...] Roberto Baldwin at Gizmodo gives a quick round up of Thunderbolt devices. I am especially looking forward to Hitachi’s G-raid box myself&..." More »
Making full use of your Mac's thunderbolt port has been an expensive business until now, with the only dock option being a £899 Apple display. Thankfully Belkin is finally releasing its Thunderbolot Express dock in September 2012. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Considering it's not going to be coming out till September I think 'Long-Awaited' will be a major understatement by the time it's available." More »
LaCie has officially invited their 2big line of RAIDS to join the Thunderbolt party, granting them transfer speeds up to three times faster than a tired old FireWire 800 connection. At 311MB/s, you better tell your data to buckle up. Read More >>
Acer's first Ultrabook, the Aspire S5, also happens to be one of the first of what will certainly be a tidal wave of Ultrabooks announced at CES this year. It's just 15mm thick at its largest point, and weighs in at less than 3 pounds. Read More >>
We all know Apple is putting its support behind Thunderbolt/Light Peak as the next dominant data transfer standard. Their latest patent applications show a use for the technology beyond MacBooks and iMacs: iOS devices. Read More >>
Featured comment by miocene:
"Yes I doubt they'd take USB out completely, unless this is so far down the line that USB has been made obsolete everywhere.
By the time this is broug..." More »
Lenovo's announced the first Windows laptop, the ThinkPad Edge S430, to pack Thunderbolt connectivity using the same mini DisplayPort connector as Apple's current line-up. Finally, we might see more than just Apple and Intel getting behind the lightning quick standard. Read More >>
Intel and Apple's Thunderbolt data transfer format could soon be a bullet-point on your new PC's tech spec sheet, with Intel reportedly preparing to launch a PC version of the adaptable daisy-chain interface next spring. Read More >>
Featured comment by miocene:
"I doubt the additional circuitry would add much to the price of a system. Also, it's not just for plain old copying files; you can plug other stuff li..." More »
Featured comment by alpha:
"I think they are comparing the US list prices here. This doesn't appear to be a UK article, but even in the UK articles they often do a straight conve..." More »
Most of us have had zero opportunity to tap Thunderbolt's monster transfer speeds, but Intel's already promising huge boosts in the near future. The best part? The Thunderbolt ports we already have will get the upgrade, no changes necessary. Read More >>
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