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And the wild thing is, the ports introduced today aren't even USB-C; they're Thunderbolt 3 ports. Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C are not the same, right?
by karmelapple 10y ago
And the wild thing is, the ports introduced today aren't even USB-C; they're Thunderbolt 3 ports.
Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C are not the same, right?
- potatolicious 10y agoNo, but the ports are dual-mode. Plug a USB-C thing into it and it's a USB port. Plug a Thunderbolt device in and it's a Thunderbolt port. Similar to the dual-mode mini-DP/Thunderbolt ports of the past. The ports introduced today absolutely are USB-C.
- anonymfus 10y agoIf all USB ports on machine are also thunderbolt ports, it looks like a security problem.
- morinted 10y agoFrom what I understand, they are merged. Meaning that USB C and Thunderbolt 3 are compatible, but you will get more throughput when you are TB3 to TB3 than when mixing with USB C (I may be off!)
- artimaeis 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)#Thunderbolt_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)#Thunde... Thunderbolt 3 is basically an extension which builds on top of USB-C. As such it's fully backwards compatible.
- masklinn 10y ago* USB-C is the physical port, TB3 uses USB-C * TB3 is an alternate mode of USB, if you have TB3 you have USB[0] * The reverse is not true, you can have non-TB3 USB-only ports [0] well technically not necessarily, the USB-C and USB-3.1 standards are completely separated but that'd be really stupid