That’s made less of a problem with the new Thunderbolt adapters that connect to Firewire 800 and Gigabit Ethernet. Image courtesy GDGT.

Reason = we have several older laptops with Firewire 800 and USB 2.0, and we have a few new ones with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0. So, our options as of right now are to use older (and slower ...

Well, there's the opporunity cost of buying a Thunderbolt capable laptop just to try it out, compared to buying a laptop that would be better suited for the other stated use case: gaming. AMD ...

a FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, which is connected to a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter that connects to the MacBook Pro’s Thunderbolt/USB 4 port.

Interestingly, the Mac at least recognized the FireWire adapter, which was listed under Thunderbolt. However, a further connection to the medium attached to the adapter was not possible.

Intel says that many new PCs coming with Thunderbolt ports will include such a license. However, this licensing requirement does mean that you can't simply connect any two Thunderbolt 4/5 devices ...

Introduced in 2011, the Thunderbolt Display featured a 27-inch screen, a 1440p resolution, a 720p camera, three USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire 800 port, a Gigabit Ethernet port, and a Thunderbolt port.

Compared to Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 5 offers three main benefits. First, it guarantees double the bandwidth (80 Gbps) and can support up to 120 Gbps in a boost mode. Second, it supports a ...

That was until Thunderbolt 3 when it moved over to the 24-pin USB-C connector. Later, many other companies, such as Microsoft and HP, would also implement the interface in their devices.