02-24-2014, 10:48 PM
So far, I like it a lot.
1) Supposedly fast ethernet, and I didn't need to install a driver.
2) Firewire worked great - and without a driver, too.
3) The included thunderbolt cable is tighter connection than the one from Apple, so I'm hoping it's a better long-term connectivity solution (my Ethernet-to-thunderbolt connector from Apple regularly disconnects as it's just too loose).
4) Trying to buy all of these connectors a la carte comes to a reasonable fraction of the total cost of the hub - powered USB hub, thunderbolt to firewire, thunderbolt to ethernet
5) And it doesn't take away a net thunderbolt port (you get the second to daisy chain, or in my case, connect to my external Apple Cinema Display).
6) Basically, for $150 plus a TB/TB cable, you can convert any decent monitor into what the Apple Thunderbolt display offers - except you get USB3 instead of USB2, and you can buy a matte screen display.
1) Supposedly fast ethernet, and I didn't need to install a driver.
2) Firewire worked great - and without a driver, too.
3) The included thunderbolt cable is tighter connection than the one from Apple, so I'm hoping it's a better long-term connectivity solution (my Ethernet-to-thunderbolt connector from Apple regularly disconnects as it's just too loose).
4) Trying to buy all of these connectors a la carte comes to a reasonable fraction of the total cost of the hub - powered USB hub, thunderbolt to firewire, thunderbolt to ethernet
5) And it doesn't take away a net thunderbolt port (you get the second to daisy chain, or in my case, connect to my external Apple Cinema Display).
6) Basically, for $150 plus a TB/TB cable, you can convert any decent monitor into what the Apple Thunderbolt display offers - except you get USB3 instead of USB2, and you can buy a matte screen display.