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Nice, but the big news to me in that article is that Apple seems to once again go their own way with the LightPeak one-connector-to-rule-them-all alternative.
by lutorm 17y ago
Nice, but the big news to me in that article is that Apple seems to once again go their own way with the LightPeak one-connector-to-rule-them-all alternative.
- jacquesm 17y agoIt's actually really strange they decided to do that and I think they may be overplaying their hand a bit here. The original iMac is one of the reasons that USB became as popular as it did, abandoning it for a non-backwards compatible link seems like a risky maneuver. Manufacturers of devices will have to decide which to support, and apple may well lose out, they've grown quite a bit in the last couple of years but not enough to become the top priority for a hardware manufacturer just yet, so apple support of devices would be done after the usb 3.0 support is done. I hope they'll stick a few regular USB ports on there, there is enough trouble already with Mac display connectors to last you a lifetime.
- cpr 17y agoWell, it's Intel + Apple, so it's not quite the lone gunslinger situation you suggest. ;-)
- blintson 17y agoAnybody here know if Apple + Intel own a patent on the LightPeak connectors? Like, maybe, they want everybody to use LightPeak, but more importantly, pay Apple and Intel for LightPeak licensing? If I'm wrong, and they're really promoting a standard for optical transfer from PC to peripheral that's awesome.
- jacquesm 17y agoUSB 3.0 is optical if I understood the article correctly.