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Originally Posted by Senna4ever
USB 3.0 is inferior to Thunderbolt anyways. I agree the lack of Blu Ray is a bit of a minus, but 1080p Blu Ray video rips are readily available via torrents so it hasn't affected me. It's the inablility to burn Blu ray discs to back up my photos that irks me, but that can be solved by having an external BD burner.
USB 3.0 is available via 3rd party Express Cards, but why bother now that Thunderbolt kicks USB 3.0's ass?
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There are very few peripherals that can fully make use of USB 3.0's speeds - how many more can make use of Thunderbolt's?
Plus - the vast majority of consumer peripherals connect via USB - 3.0 is backwards compatible with them.
I can see Thunderbolt being great for the professional who really needs that extra bit of juice - but I don't think it will be a standard that will catch on. USB 3.0 will take over before that happens.