Apple betting the farm on Light Peak?
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From: thepixelfreak on 27 Jul 2010 16:38 New iMac and upcoming MacPro. No USB 3.0, no eSATA. Why not? Can't be that hard to add say one of each. I know, there aren't that many usb 3.0 peripherals out there YET. eSATA? Not so much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Peak http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/exclusive-apple-dictated-light-peak-creation-to-intel-could-be/ Still, seems a shame not to bump up the connection speeds. USB 3.0 and eSATA are well understood and wouldn't take away any precious resources from Light Peak development if that's in flight over at One Infinite Loop. -- thepixelfreak
From: Jolly Roger on 27 Jul 2010 16:56 In article <2010072713381675249-not(a)dotcom>, thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> wrote: > New iMac and upcoming MacPro. No USB 3.0, no eSATA. Why not? Can't be > that hard to add say one of each. I know, there aren't that many usb > 3.0 peripherals out there YET. eSATA? Not so much. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Peak > > http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/exclusive-apple-dictated-light-peak-creatio > n-to-intel-could-be/ > > Still, > > seems a shame not to bump up the connection speeds. USB 3.0 and eSATA > are well understood and wouldn't take away any precious resources from > Light Peak development if that's in flight over at One Infinite Loop. *yawn* -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: BreadWithSpam on 27 Jul 2010 17:10 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes: > In article <2010072713381675249-not(a)dotcom>, thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> > wrote: > > > New iMac and upcoming MacPro. No USB 3.0, no eSATA. Why not? > > The MacPro has four eSATA bays. And the intended target audience > for the iMac doesn't need eSATA. Just out of curiosity - why wouldn't you want eSATA? You can get enclosures with eSata interfaces for about half the price of drives with FW400 or FW800. What's the downside? (My old 17" Core Duo iMac doesn't even have FW800. Those new ones are starting to look *really* attractive, but as long as this thing is still working okay, I've got little reason to spend up.) -- Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed.
From: BreadWithSpam on 27 Jul 2010 17:39 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes: > In article <yob4ofkzl43.fsf(a)panix2.panix.com>, BreadWithSpam(a)fractious.net > wrote: > > > > > New iMac and upcoming MacPro. No USB 3.0, no eSATA. Why not? > > > > > > The MacPro has four eSATA bays. And the intended target audience for > > > the iMac doesn't need eSATA. > > > > Just out of curiosity - why wouldn't you want eSATA? You can get > > enclosures with eSata interfaces for about half the price of drives with > > FW400 or FW800. > > Um, are you sure you worded that correctly? You're comparing enclosures > with drives. You know what I meant. eSata is less expensive than FW800. Why shouldn't consumers get faster and cheaper? > > What's the downside? > > I didn't say "want"; I said "need". From Apple's standpoint, putting an > eSATA port on an iMac raises the cost of manufacture. I'd be quite suprised if it adds much. FW800 costs money to put on them, too, and they've stepped up to that. FW800 costs *more* to put on them. > > My old 17" Core Duo iMac doesn't even have FW800. > > Nor does mine, but my camcorder has FW400, so it doesn't matter. My > external drive is a Time Capsule, and it's connected by ethernet. I'm seriously thinking about a household NAS with RAID. Netgear's got a four slot one (no drives) for not much more than $300. -- Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed.
From: nospam on 27 Jul 2010 17:54
In article <yobzkxcy58b.fsf(a)panix2.panix.com>, <BreadWithSpam(a)fractious.net> wrote: > > > What's the downside? > > > > I didn't say "want"; I said "need". From Apple's standpoint, putting an > > eSATA port on an iMac raises the cost of manufacture. > > I'd be quite suprised if it adds much. FW800 costs money to put on > them, too, and they've stepped up to that. FW800 costs *more* to put > on them. no kidding. esata is cheap and far more common than firewire. |