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Belkin previews Thunderbolt Express Dock, offers September release date

Thunderbolt came out last year, now it’s time for the nifty peripherals. Per Engadget, Belkin is showing off new upgrades to its Thunderbolt Express Dock even before it’s hit store shelves. The new upgrade brings three USB 3.0 ports, ditching the aging USB 2.0 ports that were shown off in the version at this year’s […]

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Hitachi announces 4TB external hard drive unit, includes Thunderbolt port

Following up on Seagate’s announcement of a 4TB external hard drive, Hitachi has introduced its own 4TB disk and is packing two of them inside a whopping 8TB G-RAID external case complete with Thunderbolt. Per Mac|Life, the company has placed two such drives inside a G-RAID casing and Thunderbolt I/O port on the outside. The […]

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Hard drive replacement in Thunderbolt-equipped iMac restricted by unique connector, temperature control system

If you want to upgrade the hard drive on your new Thunderbolt-equipped iMac, you may be in for some additional challenges. Per Other World Computing, Apple iMac desktop line features a new custom 7-pin serial ATA connector and proprietary temperature control system that will make hard drive upgrades difficult for end users. The article’s authors […]

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OWC releases Slim ExpressCard/34 peripheral for MacBook notebooks

Peripherals maker OWC has released a new eSATA ExpressCard adapter for MacBooks. The card, which is rated for 3GB/s, is hot swappable and ACHI compliant, requiring no drivers for any Mac notebook running Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. Per MacNN, the card is said to be capable of 170MB/s read speeds and 120MB/s write […]

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USB 3.0 underperforms in notebook tests, bottlenecks cited

USB 3.0 may be the future, but it may still have room for improvement. Per Techworld, the upcoming port technology may be hard pressed to surpass current technologies like eSATA. The test comprised plugging Freecom’s USB 3.0 external drive, the XS Hard Drive 3.0, into a mainstream dual-core notebook using the company’s new USB 3.0 […]