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Tag Archives: Thunderbolt
Q: Is it expensive to add a Thunderbolt port to a budget priced laptop?
A: Yes, because it means buying a new laptop. The Thunderbolt protocol is an extension of the PCI-e bus and therefore cannot be converted from USB or any other common interface. Thunderbolt relies on having a Thunderbolt hardware controller chip, … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, Q&A
Tagged Laptop, Thunderbolt, Upgrade
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What ports do I have on my device? Sorting out cables, USB, Thunderbolt and Firewire
USB Host ports A host is a computer or another device with an operating system, that has the ports and the OS support (and drivers) to control a USB device. Where are the ports? If it is a desktop computer, … Continue reading
Posted in General Computer, How-To
Tagged Cables, Cameras, Computers, Connections, Firewire, Micro USB, Peripherals, Printers, Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt 3, Type C cable, USB 2, USB 3, USB 3.1, USB-C
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What is the state of Thunderbolt drives? (October 2014 edition)
Thunderbolt drive news (Note 4/2020, many of the products introduced in 2014 are now out of date in 2020) Apple has left Firewire and adopted Thunderbolt as their recommended high speed connection for external hard drives (and monitors and other … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Drive News, Hard Drives and SSD, Mac questions, News, Performance
Tagged Apple, Direct-attached storage, Drives, Graphics, Hard Drive, Hardware, high speed, high speed high capacity, Intel, Macintosh, MacPro. 10 Gbps. 20 Gbps, multimedia, Performance, RAID, SATA, Solid State Drive, SSD, Storage, Thunderbolt, video editing
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Q. Can I hook my computer up to my TV?
It depends what outputs you have on the computer, and what inputs you have on the TV. If you have a VGA output on the compter only, then you will have to have a VGA input on the TV. There … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, How-To
Tagged Cable, Component, HDMI, Mini-DisplayPort, Mini-DVI, Monitor, S-Video, Thunderbolt, TV, VGA, Video
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Q. What is Thunderbolt?
Thunderbolt is a new computer data interface format that combines high speed data transfer plus digital video into one cable. The release of the Apple Mac Book Pro in February 2011 introduced Thunderbolt to the market, followed by the iMac … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drive News, News
Tagged Apple, Cable, Hard Drive, Intel, Interface, Introduce, New, Storage, Technology, Thunderbolt, Video
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