Apparently not every Thunderbolt ports are produced equally. Anadtech learned that the Thunderbolt nick inside the latest Mac laptop Air isn't the same based in the current Mac laptop Professional. The Environment s version packs less energy and throughput leading to less capabilities. We do hope you weren t thinking about connecting up a couple of individuals new fancy Thunderbolt Shows.
Thunderbolt is definitely an amazing interconnect, able to running four bidirectional, dual standards 10 Gbps channels. The abilities are nearly endless because the single I/O port enables for pretty much any interface normally connected with PCIe or DisplayPort. This is the way the latest Mac laptop Pros can run dual Thunderbolt shows that every have a kind of docking station with three USB ports, one FireWire port, Gigabit Ethernet, and the other Thunderbolt port.
The Mac laptop Air s Thunderbolt is slightly different, though. This is only able to two 10 Gbps channels because of a less capable, but physically more compact, controller nick. What this means is among other points the Air are only able to have the ability to run one Thunderbolt display. Anandtech notes that other producers would use exactly the same small controller card within their approaching items.
Apple doesn t hide this fact about the Air s product page. Or make use of the Thunderbolt port for connecting the brand new Apple Thunderbolt Display and help your ultracompact Mac laptop Air right into a complete desktop workstation. However they most likely won t stop a purchase having a Mac laptop Air and 2 Thunderbolt Shows. [Anandtech via AppleInsider, image via iFixit]
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