[OSX-Users] Re: New MacBook Pros and Thunderbolt update 1.2

[Hugh Glaser]

You use little files - how quaint :-)
I quite often want to move multi-GB files around (a couple of hours TV programme on a good channel can be upwards of 5GB).
Do the math (!) on how long that takes over maxed-out wifi, and compare it with gigabit - roughly an order of magnitude.
With my new air I hadn't worked out there would be no gigabit (doh!)
I was so pissed off I just bought a USB-ethernet adaptor.


On 13 Jun 2012, at 22:31, David Millard wrote:

> You still use ethernet? How quaint!
> 
> Surely the real burning issue is whether the retina pro will be on the isolutions list - try as I might I just can't see this info on the apple website or anywhere in the frenzied media coverage ;-)
> 
> D
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 13 Jun 2012, at 21:36, Steve Harris <swh at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 13 Jun 2012, at 19:21, m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 13 Jun 2012, at 10:34, Steve Harris wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Or use daisy-chaining on the display - plug the gig ethernet adaptor into the display, and use the displays TB port to connect.
>>> 
>>> Steve, this is great - and thanks for coming back in
>>> 
>>> alas (or not)  the TB displays already have giga ethernet. it's a really expensive hub with display attached. so the one display where it would work it seems, it's currently redundant.
>> 
>> Ah, I didn't know that. Useful - almost worth the upgrade to the new display, but I don't need two of the things!
>> 
>>>> Doesn't work if your display is DisplayPort though (like mine). Also the fact that the power and TB ports are on opposite side of the Air is a right pain when using them with the old DisplayPort monitors.
>>> 
>>> truly.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 100 meg ethernet over USB is probably fast enough anyway, unless you're attaching to an iSCSI device or something.
>>> 
>>> good to know - i've always been a bit curious if those speeds actually move through the usb/ethernet adaptor. 
>>> and where does wireless max out usually - i've seen some arguments that on a local network, wireless will be faster than the usb ethernet. not been my experience but doesn't mean it's not possible. 
>> 
>> I'm sure it could happen in some circumstances, but I bet not very often.
>> 
>>> i'm looking forward to experimenting for the heck of it anyway with this dongle.
>>> 
>>> it's amazing to look at this for 25 quid when the hubs on the horizon by belkin are going to be 300USD 
>>> http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/9/2690454/belkins-thunderbolt-express-dock-will-finally-go-on-sale-this-summer
>> 
>> Well, that dock does an awful lot more than just gig ethernet. Non-thunderbolt docks are expensive too.
>> 
>> - Steve
>> 
>>>> On 2012-06-13, at 18:27, m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Right 
>>>>> The computer Has two ports but the dongle does not so those of us with airs have to make that choice
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sigh
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iSomething
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 2012-06-13, at 10:06 AM, Steve Harris <swh at me.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> It has two TB ports.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2012-06-13, at 17:44, m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ah
>>>>>>> so one has a choice: high speed internet OR a display?
>>>>>>> dang.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 13 Jun 2012, at 08:27, Chris Andrews wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 13 June 2012 16:09, m.c. schraefel <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 13 Jun 2012, at 06:49, Chris Andrews wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> > Gorgeous screens, by all accounts, and There's a TB gig ethernet adaptor out now. Allegedly there's FW800 coming but it's not on sale at the moment.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> where?? link?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD463
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 

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