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Unlike its fancy Polishing Cloth, Apple’s new 3-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable is fairly priced

Unlike its fancy Polishing Cloth, Apple’s new 3-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable is fairly priced

May 5, 2022
Apple is notorious for selling relatively overpriced products. One could argue that for their excellent qualities and long lifespans they're actually fairly priced. However, some products almost objectively have ridiculous price tags -- such as the infamous $19 Polishing Cloth. Ultimately, the Cupertino tech giant isn't a nonprofit organization, and making more money is its...
The best Thunderbolt docks for your laptop in 2022

The best Thunderbolt docks for your laptop in 2022

March 25, 2022
Thunderbolt is finally catching up as more and more laptops are now offering the super-fast port. Thunderbolt 4 replaced Thunderbolt 3 back in 2020, and while it isn’t faster, there are upgrades in several other areas. The latest version defines new specifications to support full speeds of 40Gbps with cables of up to 2m in...
Apple has a new $159 Thunderbolt 4 cable, but it’s not overpriced

Apple has a new $159 Thunderbolt 4 cable, but it’s not overpriced

March 9, 2022
Apple revealed a handful of new devices on Monday, including the new iPhone SE with 5G connectivity, an iPad Air with an M1 chip, the Mac Studio, and an updated Studio Display. Although it didn't get a mention during Apple's live event, the company also has a new Thunderbolt 4 cable that costs $159, which actually appears to be...
These are the Best Thunderbolt 4 laptops for 2022

These are the Best Thunderbolt 4 laptops for 2022

January 18, 2022
Thunderbolt has become an increasingly common feature in laptops over the last few years. Since the introduction of Thunderbolt 3, which uses the familiar USB Type-C connector, many more laptops have been adopting this feature. And with Thunderbolt 4, the experience has been standardized so every Thunderbolt laptop offers the best speeds promised in Thunderbolt...
Here are the best accessories for the 24-inch Apple iMac with M1 Silicon in August!

Here are the best accessories for the 24-inch Apple iMac with M1 Silicon in August!

August 14, 2021
The 24-inch Apple iMac was announced at Apple's Spring Loaded event back in April and comes with the company’s own ARM-based M1 chipset that currently powers the MacBook Pro 13, MacBook Air, Mac mini, and even the newly launched iPad Pro series. The new iMac has been redesigned from the ground up, offering a slim...
These are the best Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon docks: Anker, CalDigit, and more

These are the best Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon docks: Anker, CalDigit, and more

June 8, 2021
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is one of the best business notebooks you can buy today. The laptop maker recently introduced the 9th-generation model that's powered by the latest Intel 11th-gen Tiger Lake processors, along with other improvements, including a taller 16:10 display and a bigger touchpad. While the laptop doesn’t offer the worst set...
These are the best docking stations for the MacBook Pro in 2022

These are the best docking stations for the MacBook Pro in 2022

March 18, 2021
For a few years, Apple sold most of its MacBook laptops without any ports aside from Thunderbolt and a headphone jack. While some might have considered that a push forward, it was undeniable that a lot of users still missed the classic ports they were used to. Because of that, using a docking station became...
Here are the best Thunderbolt 3 laptops in March 2021: Dell XPS 15, Apple MacBook Air and More

Here are the best Thunderbolt 3 laptops in March 2021: Dell XPS 15, Apple MacBook Air and More

March 14, 2021
Data transfer speeds have grown exponentially in the past few years, be it mobile networks or your local storage media. Similarly, the good old USB has also become quite reliable when it comes to transferring large amounts of data over a wide bandwidth. Intel had announced Thunderbolt 4 last year and we are expecting new...
Intel announces Thunderbolt 4 protocol and new Thunderbolt Controllers with USB4 compliance

Intel announces Thunderbolt 4 protocol and new Thunderbolt Controllers with USB4 compliance

July 8, 2020
Thunderbolt is a cross-platform data and power transfer standard developed by Intel. The protocol is often found in laptops and PCs and can be used to connect DisplayPort-compatible devices including external monitors as well as PCI Express (PCIe) peripherals including external graphics cards, hard drives, Wi-Fi or Ethernet connectors, over a USB-C port. The current...
AKiTiO Node: Testing NVIDIA eGPU Support in Ubuntu 17.10

AKiTiO Node: Testing NVIDIA eGPU Support in Ubuntu 17.10

September 22, 2017
Ever since the announcement of Intel's Thunderbolt 3 technology there has been external graphics card (eGPU) support. Unfortunately for most of last year, including with Intel's own Skull Canyon NUC, putting this solution to use was challenging at best. Most motherboards didn't fully support the technology and those that did typically required a system that...