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Thunderbolt's future on the Mac could be saved by the USB-C port

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Just when you thought Thunderbolt was dead, it comes back to life like a horror-movie monster. On Tuesday Intel announced Thunderbolt 3 (https://thunderbolttechnology.net/blog/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-does-it-all), offering more bandwidth, trademark Thunderbolt versatility, and a page from the old Thunderbolt playbook–plug compatibility with an existing connector.</p><p>
The result: On Monday, I was dubious about Thunderbolt’s future as an offered port on all but Apple’s highest-end Macs. Today, I’m guardedly optimistic that Thunderbolt 3 will be the main (if not only) connector on the Mac line in the near future.</p><h2>Yes, it’s much faster</h2>
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As Gordon Mah Ung reported earlier on Macworld, Thunderbolt 3 doubles the bandwidth of Thunderbolt 2 (http://www.macworld.com/article/2929798/thunderbolt-3-to-work-over-usb-c.html), to 40Gbps–the original Thunderbolt only supported 10Gbps of bandwidth.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2930555/thunderbolts-future-on-the-mac-could-be-saved-by-the-usb-c-port.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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