Comments on: Ivy Bridge tipped for April 23rd launch http://www.slashgear.com/ivy-bridge-tipped-for-april-23rd-launch-12222610/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 10 May 2012 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Floo http://www.slashgear.com/ivy-bridge-tipped-for-april-23rd-launch-12222610/#comment-202451 Floo Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222610#comment-202451 Please.  Thunderbolt is GARBAGE.  Ridiculously expensive active cabling, expensive controllers, and there are roughly two devices on the market (hard drive case and pcie chassis) which are also insanely overpriced because they are encased in custom aluminum cases and have massive profit margins built in.  Thunderbolt is more of a failure than Firewire.

The only reasonable use for Thunderbolt is for laptop docks.  For desktops, it is ridiculous garbage and deserves to die.

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