Is there any technical reason they'd stick with USB2? Politically, I think they want to skip it and push "Thunderbolt" as the better standard, since USB3 adopt

Is there any technical reason they'd stick with USB2? Politically, I think they want to skip it and push "Thunderbolt" as the better standard, since USB3 adoption is still pretty low. Just look at their comparison chart: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/performance.html http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/performance.html