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8.1 Van,
Your "HP Picks USB 3.0 Over Intel's Thunderbolt for Desktops" link was in the first post of the thread. It was the premise for the start of the thread.
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Quote:T-Mobile this morning officially flipped the switch on a major upgrade to its 4G HSPA+ network in 55 cities around the country, doubling the max possible download speed from 21 megabits per second to 41 megabits.
And yes, the Dallas-Fort Worth area is among the initial markets to get the boost, along with Austin, El Paso, College Station and Houston.
The first device capable of actually accessing those blazing speeds is the $99 Rocket 3.0 USB data stick for laptops and PCs. The Rocket 3.0 will hit stores Wednesday.
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I don't think there will be any Thunderbolt data sticks anytime soon.
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8.1 Van wrote:Quote:T-Mobile this morning officially flipped the switch on a major upgrade to its 4G HSPA+ network in 55 cities around the country, doubling the max possible download speed from 21 megabits per second to 41 megabits.
And yes, the Dallas-Fort Worth area is among the initial markets to get the boost, along with Austin, El Paso, College Station and Houston.
The first device capable of actually accessing those blazing speeds is the $99 Rocket 3.0 USB data stick for laptops and PCs. The Rocket 3.0 will hit stores Wednesday.
T-Moble USB modem
I don't think there will be any Thunderbolt data sticks anytime soon.
Since the speed is well under the speed of USB 2, what will it do on a USB 2 connection? So far the adopters of Thunderbolt are not giving up their USB 2 connectors. In Apple's case, Thunderbolt does not even add a port, since it uses the mini displayport.
If it can't produce 42 Mbps on USB 2, what does that say about USB technology?
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MuddyPaws1 wrote:pulsar wrote:In Apple's case, Thunderbolt does not even add a port, since it uses the mini displayport.
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Sweet!! Another dongle to buy, store, keep track of and loose.
Mini display port is one of the things I hate most about the MacBook Pro.
What dongle are you talking about? This thread is talking about Thunderbolt, whose cable, uses a mini displayport connector. Plug and play, no dongle.
If one wants to use the mini display port for multiple purposes, say the Pegasus Raid system, previously mentioned, an external monitor, and a home entertainment system, Thunderbolt allows up to 6 devices to be daisy-chained.
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pulsar wrote:8.1 Van wrote:Quote:T-Mobile this morning officially flipped the switch on a major upgrade to its 4G HSPA+ network in 55 cities around the country, doubling the max possible download speed from 21 megabits per second to 41 megabits.
And yes, the Dallas-Fort Worth area is among the initial markets to get the boost, along with Austin, El Paso, College Station and Houston.
The first device capable of actually accessing those blazing speeds is the $99 Rocket 3.0 USB data stick for laptops and PCs. The Rocket 3.0 will hit stores Wednesday.
T-Moble USB modem
I don't think there will be any Thunderbolt data sticks anytime soon.
Since the speed is well under the speed of USB 2, what will it do on a USB 2 connection? So far the adopters of Thunderbolt are not giving up their USB 2 connectors. In Apple's case, Thunderbolt does not even add a port, since it uses the mini displayport.
If it can't produce 42 Mbps on USB 2, what does that say about USB technology?
Tom
It says that USB 3.0 will continue to make Thunderbolt a niche Apple interface just like firewire.
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8.1 Van wrote:
It says that USB 3.0 will continue to make Thunderbolt a niche Apple interface just like firewire.
You didn't answer the question. USB 3.0 devices are suppose to be backward compatible with USB 2.0. Will this device that runs at a maximum of 42 Mbps get those speeds on USB 2, which is supposedly 10 times faster than that.
If yes, why do you need USB 3.0? If no, that says a lot about backward compatible.
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pulsar wrote:8.1 Van wrote:
It says that USB 3.0 will continue to make Thunderbolt a niche Apple interface just like firewire.
You didn't answer the question. USB 3.0 devices are suppose to be backward compatible with USB 2.0. Will this device that runs at a maximum of 42 Mbps get those speeds on USB 2, which is supposedly 10 times faster than that.
If yes, why do you need USB 3.0? If no, that says a lot about backward compatible.
Tom
I could run my 2TB USB 3.0 ext HDD off of any USB 2.0 port so what is the problem ? BTW there is also eSATA 6G . With USB 3.0 and eSATA 6G there is not much chance of Thunderbolt getting market share on other than Macs in the next few years. I have an eSATA port on my 18.4" Toshiba Qosmio laptop that is much faster than FW800 on my Mac.
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