Great Thunderbolt

Why Thunderbolt? In honor of a Norse God? Apparently it's a close collaboration between Apple and Intel. So will it surpass USB? So many questions. Clever of Apple, while being a year ahead of everyone else, the port is still perfectly functional for legacy display. Unless of course you are well-heeled to own both a Mac and a Lacie.

I am looking forward to the day where El Cheapo mini-displayport connectors are available. $44 for a display connector...No thanks.

I am also predicting a whole group of people struggling to plug in the power connector and wonder why it won't fit or power-up. Isn't that a power symbol? Or "Hey that fence is Thunderbolt enabled, let's plug in" ZAP!

Update:
The transfer rate on this little thing is faster than anything we have seen commercially. This Engadget writeup has a video of the thing squeezing video and data simultaneously. Sure it has a pesky 6 device limit, but face it after getting a Mac, there is not much money left to buy that many devices right?