Comments on: Why the ability to boot from Thunderbolt on a Mac is huge http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/ Sat, 25 May 2013 11:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan Sheppard http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-693154 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:31:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-693154 RT @victorcajiao: Why the ability to boot from Thunderbolt on a Mac is huge. I do this and love it http://t.co/GnYenI2e

]]> By: Jay Barcelo http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-692896 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:55:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-692896 Why the ability to boot from Thunderbolt on a Mac is huge http://t.co/seyZazFI

]]> By: Victor Cajiao http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-692835 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:16:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-692835 Why the ability to boot from Thunderbolt on a Mac is huge. I do this and love it http://t.co/GnYenI2e

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-635486 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:22:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-635486 I think this is great. I’d love to have Windows 7 on an external drive, along with whatever programs I need to run, and not have the cluttering up my internal HDD when I don’t need it. Can’t wait to try out this new feature.

]]> By: Matt http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-635341 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:27:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-635341 This article reads like it is your dreamy imagination. That or someone has a crush. I don’t think it is as big of a deal as you make it out to be

]]> By: Matt http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-635340 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:27:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-635340 This article reads like it is your dreamy imagination. That or someone has a crush. I don’t think it is as big of a deal as you make it out to be

]]> By: Ed http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-635124 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:12:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-635124 Aside from the speed, this is not new. You can do the same thing with a USB or firewire drive. And it doesn’t cast $1500 to set up.

]]> By: PD http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-635119 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:48:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-635119 Thunderbolt daisy chains, like Firewire does. You can connect several devices to the Thunderbolt port, all at the same time, including the external monitor and hard drive. And, Thunderbolt carries enough current to run some hard drives without external power, no power cord needed.

]]> By: rodh257 http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-634964 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:59:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-634964 Excellent, at the moment you can’t boot of USB on the new macbook pro, which makes it a pain for those of us who have replaced the DVD drive with an SSD.

Hopefully this will allow me to install windows easier in future.

The main problem I have with Thunderbolt is the fact that it shares the port with the mini display port. On my macbook pro, there is a useless (to me) firewire port sitting dormant next to it, and yet if I want to use an external monitor (I actually want to use 3, so I’ve got USB video cards for the other 2) I have to give up the thunderbolt port.

Therefor it’s useless to me.

]]> By: Anomaly http://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/why-the-ability-to-boot-from-thunderbolt-on-a-mac-is-huge/#comment-634955 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:16:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=369791#comment-634955 Whats the big deal here. I use Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to make bootable clones of my install and I can take them with me and boot from any other Mac. I can use a Firewire or USB drive for this.

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