A Thunderbolt port only works its magic when you use a Thunderbolt cable. These too tend to look just like regular USB-C cables. Before learning what Thunderbolt is, you gotta know the basics of USB.

What does the Lightning port look like It’s a small rectangular oval port that looks a lot like a smaller USB-C or Thunderbolt/USB 4 port. Lighting is a female connector, so it doesn’t have a ...

A Thunderbolt port only works its magic when you use a Thunderbolt cable. These too tend to look just like regular USB-C cables. Before learning what Thunderbolt is, you gotta know the basics of USB.

Then there are the sub-$10 cables, and, well, they look like it. One $5 cable—since discontinued on Amazon—has no shielding, an ungrounded and non-reinforced shell, rubber strain relief, and ...

USB4 does have one advantage over Thunderbolt 4: logos that are more informative. With USB4, you should see "USB 20Gbps" and "USB 40Gbps" logos next to USB Type-C ports that will tell which flavor ...

But this isn't a bolt-on eGPU like a Thunderbolt/OCuLink dock or enclosure; it's basically an off-the-peg desktop PC without a GPU; it just doesn't look like one. But it's banging value for money ...

In fact, a bunch of cables that look the same—with matching plugs that fit the same-size holes—may all do different things. This is the second circle of our cable hell: My USB-C may not be the ...

Below, we’ll cover the best Thunderbolt monitors for Mac as well as what you get with a Thunderbolt monitor vs a USB-C monitor. Update 11/1/24: You can grab 50% off the Samsung 5K ViewFinity S9 .