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Originally Posted by gars
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.
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The great thing about Thunderbolt is that all you need is one cable to connect your peripherals + monitor + whatever. The sustained thoughput is faster than USB 3.0's theoretical max, IIRC.
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Originally Posted by Sky_2000
Apple just trying create another standard it can control like Firewire. We all know how far Firewire got with Apple.
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Firewire peripherals are used by just about every professional that works in photography or cinematography. Many Sony VAIO laptops have it too, as did my old 17" HP laptop, and it came in quite handy.
The bottom line is that only time will tell.
I would have been happy with eSATA, but I found out after I bought my eSATA enclosure & ExpressCard that eSATA isn't bus powered! Not exactly user friendly if I wanted to sit at a cafe editing shit for clients. FML...