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As a 2011 MacBook Air user, my biggest envy is USB 3.0. Thunderbolt accessories have been few and far between, and then priced at an exorbitant premium. But h
by saturdaysaint 14y ago
As a 2011 MacBook Air user, my biggest envy is USB 3.0. Thunderbolt accessories have been few and far between, and then priced at an exorbitant premium.
But hey, they finally made a Thunderbolt Firewire adapter cable.
- notatoad 14y agoUSB 3 accessories are pretty far and few between too, aren't they? What do you actually want to plug in to that port?
- adrianhoward 14y agoMy external hard drive :-) I throw a lot of data around. I like backups. The difference between USB2 and USB3 will be non-trivial for me.
- jsz0 14y agoSeagate has a $99 ThunderBolt dock available but figure an extra $50 for a cable to go with it. It's designed for their GoFlex enclosures but I think it works fine with a bare drive too.
- pbrumm 14y agocheap extra hard drive dock would be first http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-ST0022U-Plastic-Docking-Station/dp/B0051U1XMS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1339441123&sr=8-4 http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-ST0022U-Plastic-Docking-St... all the thunderbolt ones are very expensive.
- jarek 14y agoNot sure I'd use a Thermaltake product with mixed reviews as an example here...
- geori 14y agoI sure am glad that I bought a 2 TB USB 3.0 last year before I had anything with USB 3.0 ports!