New Thunderbolt Revision Features 20 Gbps Throughput, 4K Video Support 301
hooligun writes "The next-gen Thunderbolt tech (code-named Falcon Ridge) enables 4K video file transfer and display simultaneously in addition to running at 20 Gbps. It will be backward-compatible with previous-gen Thunderbolt cables and connectors, and production is set to ramp up in 2014. An on-stage demo with fresh-off-the-press silicon showed the new Thunderbolt running 1,200 Mbps, which is certainly a step up from what's currently on the market."
What could I connect this to? (Score:2, Insightful)
Without general support great features are worthless. Apple is repeating Sony's mistake with betamax. They won't share, thus it will fail.
Great technology without support is worthless.
watch units please (Score:5, Insightful)
Mbps != MBps
Please stop doing that in article summaries. When you start getting up into large numbers like that you can't just expect everyone to "read what you meant to say."
Re: Adoption by Mass Market? (Score:3, Insightful)
[citation needed]
What exactly are the poor engineering choices for which Apple is pushing this stuff? Why is the overall value and appeal dubious? I only ask because somehow you're at +4 Interesting without having actually said anything.
Re:Adoption by Mass Market? (Score:5, Insightful)
I used to use firewire all the time back when I used to do a lot of video editing around the turn of the millennium. The first generation of USB was so bad that I didn't even consider USB2 for my external storage. Firewire, OTOH, was a rock. Never had a device just disappear for no reason. Throughput was better, CPU load was lower, isochronous transfer was possible. Night and day. Like comparing a Lexus to a Yugo.
Of course, now all my stuff is USB because firewire components are so rare and I have no need to move devices between computers. I've got gigabit ethernet to move files and I don't need to move a single optical drive between multiple machines. And USB is much more reliable than it used to be. My new gaming rig has two firewire ports but I haven't used them. Neither of my laptops has a firewire port and I haven't missed them. Thunderbolt seems like a solution to a problem that no longer exists [in my world].
Macbook vs Mac Pro (Score:5, Insightful)
If you wanted to configure your macbook to match a *current* mac pro, you'd need 8 more full i7 cores (assuming you have four in the macbook), four hard drives, four external graphics engines, and 48 gb (I think) of RAM... all strung out on your thunderbolt cable. And a *lot* of power supply wiring. Not sure that's an equivalence that is worth much.
And add to that whatever they do with the next Mac pro upgrade they say they're working on... More cores? More ram? Faster system bus? All of the above? No, don't think your macbook is quite there, lol.
Re:a laptop can not replace a workstion system (Score:2, Insightful)
Or for people that like larger screens
Choose between 3 different sizes, or plug in an external monitor.
people who don't like apple's OS
Install a different OS if you want.
or for people who don't think a laptop should cost a month of a mortage.
They are actually priced right inline with other manufacturers laptops of the same quality. We're talking about business-grade Lenovo, HP, Dell, etc. laptops, not bargain basement Asus.
But that's neither here nor there, carry on with your status symbols.
Ah, here we go. The personal bias comes out in your post, reflecting why you'd post so much misinformation to begin with.
Re:a laptop can not replace a workstion system (Score:4, Insightful)
I know Mac hardware isn't for everyone but really that post just sounds like blatant envy.