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yes but also no Also a few things which might be relevant to agree with my argument: 1. You don't need the license to install the Thunderbolt Share, only one
by dathinab 2y ago
yes but also no
Also a few things which might be relevant to agree with my argument:
1. You don't need the license to install the Thunderbolt Share, only one device needs a license the other can use the software unlicensed
2. Licenses are not sold (to normal customers) they only come with new TB products, but this product are not limited to computers, i.e. in their FAQ they explicitly mention docks, hubs, monitors.
3. If we compare the experience with some other tech demos the Remote desktop feature on TB5 will be quite smooth, low latency, high resolution compared to TB4 or WiFi based solutions. Smooth enough to open up new application design space. That is if you can convince your management/boss that is its viable (which you now can by showing Thunderbolt Share).
4. While TB5 can convince tech affine people by it's speed it has a much harder time to convince others. Sure it has 120Gbps but so what? That doesn't translate to something non technical users have a intuitive understanding for. On the other hand demo a file transfer of a big file over TB5 which takes a few seconds and then over USB4 (using TB3 networking+network share) or WiFi (using network share) and you can be very convincing (for why TB5 is needed in new office Laptops).
5. TB4, no lets be honest TB3&USB4 are more then good enough for a lot of people, some people have hobbies or use-cases where it matters, most do not. But with Thunderbolt Share you have a convenient program bundled into products you can use for up selling them.
So in the end it doesn't matter if the product itself is widely successful.
It's there for demoing how useful TB5 is, for providing hardware vendors with a up sell opportunity which also discounts USB4 only devices (due to not being compatible at all) etc.
But I don't think they are trying to have a competition app at all (I mean getting a bit of additional revenue is nice but Intels priorities lie elsewhere).