Hardware to plug into your Thunderbolt port
Thunderbolt Hardware
Got a Thunderbolt port on your Mac but don't have anything to plug into it? Here's a selection of Thunderbolt hardware that you might be interested in.
I've got to warn you though, you migth want to be sitting down before taking a look at the price tags!
Apple 27-inch Thunderbolt display
- 27 inch, TFT active-matrix LCD with in-plane switching (IPS)
- 2560 by 1440 pixels
- 16.7 million colors
- Three powered USB 2.0 ports
- FireWire 800 port
- Gigabit Ethernet port
- Thunderbolt port
- Built-in FaceTime HD camera with microphone
- Built-in 2.1 speaker system (49 watts)
Price: $999.
Image source: Apple.
Apple 27-inch Thunderbolt display
Apple 27-inch Thunderbolt display
Pegasus RAID Storage with Thunderbolt
Specification
- Supports up to 6 (Pegasus R6) /4 (Pegasus R4) SATA HDDs
- 2 x Thunderbolt technology Ports at 10 Gb/s (1.25GB/s)
- Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
- Providing over 800MB/s (Pegasus R6)/ 500MB/s (Pegasus R4)
- Supports Time Machine in Mac OS X
Pegasus R6
- 6 x 1TB Model: 6TB of raw capacity (4.7TB formatted with HFS+)
- 6 x 2TB Model: 12TB of raw capacity (9.7TB formatted with HFS+)
Pegasus R4
- 4 x 1TB Model: 4TB of raw capacity (2.7TB formatted with HFS+)
- 4 x 2TB Model: 8TB of raw capacity (5.7TB formatted with HFS+)
Price: Starting at $1,699.
Image source: Promise.
Pegasus RAID Storage with Thunderbolt
Blackmagic Intensity Extreme HDMI capture/playback
Intensity Extreme, the World’s first HD/SD editing solution to feature lightning fast Thunderbolt technology. Simply plug in Intensity Extreme to get incredible quality HDMI, component video, s-video and composite capture and playback for Thunderbolt based computers. The perfect solution for videographers, Intensity Extreme includes SD/HD capture and playback in compressed and uncompressed video quality.
Compatible with Avid Media Composer 6™, Final Cut Pro™, Adobe Premiere Pro™, Adobe After Effects™, Nuke™, DaVinci Resolve and more.
Price: $299.
Image source: Blackmagic Design.
Blackmagic Intensity Extreme HDMI capture/playback
Blackmagic Intensity Extreme HDMI capture/playback
ExpressBox 3T
ExpressBox 3T provides an 'outside-the-box' solution for using PCIe cards with Thunderbolt-equipped computers.
- Supports (3) full-length PCI Express cards
- Two x8 and One x4 - PCIe Gen 2
- Thunderbolt features speeds up to 10Gbps
- Daisy-chain up to 6 Thunderbolt devices
- 220-250W power supply with auxiliary power connectors
Price: Pre-order for $979.
Image source: Magma.
ExpressBox 3T
ExpressBox 3T
ExpressBox 3T
LaCie Little Big Disk
The LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series features a preconfigured RAID0 striped set with optional hard disks or SSDs through the 10Gb/s Thunderbolt interface. It delivers read speeds of up to 480MB/s with the SSD model, and up to 190MB/s with the hard disk model.
Price: Starting at $379.99.
Image source: LaCie.
LaCie Little Big Disk
LaCie Little Big Disk
LaCie Little Big Disk
LaCie Little Big Disk