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on Feb 27, 2019
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Struck by a Thunderbolt
But there's no alternative.
gerdesj
on Feb 27, 2019
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USB
crgwbr
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USB has more more limited bandwidth constraints and, IIRC, has much higher CPU overhead and overall higher latency.
PascLeRasc
on Feb 27, 2019
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It also just can't do things that Thunderbolt can. TB to the end user is a free PCIe slot for Firewire, 10GbE, eGPU, etc. The fastest USB can't do that. I get that it has issues but it's still incredibly valuable.
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