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No, it's not clear what happened from just the transfer speeds. It becomes clear when you see that first party cables that enable hight transfer speeds are sol
by marcyb5st 3y ago
No, it's not clear what happened from just the transfer speeds.
It becomes clear when you see that first party cables that enable hight transfer speeds are sold at 79, 149, and 179 bucks for the 1m, 1.8m, and 3m respectively [1]. So, in essence, they purposely did just enough to comply with EU regulations while still aiming at milking customers' wallets with crazy expensive accessories that you would take for granted from top or premium tier smartphones.
[1] https://www.apple.com/ie/shop/product/MU883ZM/A/thunderbolt-4-usb%E2%80%91c-pro-cable-1m https://www.apple.com/ie/shop/product/MU883ZM/A/thunderbolt-...
- paulmd 3y agothose are thunderbolt cables, not usb-c cables. they're backwards compatible but they have extra signal pairs to support PCIe tunneling, and much more stringent shielding and termination that allows 40gbps bidirectional transfer (and the next thunderbolt standard goes to 120gbps). Also, Apple's 3m cable is actually not unreasonable when you consider that that's actually beyond what the thunderbolt spec theoretically allows, even with an active cable with a repeater chip the limit is supposed to be 2 meters. but lol @ people objecting to apple rolling out usb-c now, that's gotta be a conspiracy too for some people. every damn apple thread. if you want to buy a normal cable, just buy a normal cable.
- brianaker 3y agoPassive Thunderbolt Cables run at speeds of 40Gbp at 0.8m, otherwise they run at half the speed. Active Thunderbolt Cables run at speeds of 40Gbp at 1.8m/3m. All of Apple's Thunderbolt 4 cables are 40Gbp, the same cannot be said about all of the cables you buy from Amazon. If you feel the need to blame someone? I guess you can blame Intel for the design.