“Apple has confirmed that the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is equipped with four full-speed Thunderbolt 3 ports,” Joe Rossignol reports for MacRumors.
“2018 models ship with Intel’s eighth-generation Core i5 or Core i7 processors, which both support up to 16 PCI Express lanes, providing enough bandwidth for maximum data transfer speeds up to 40Gb/s on all four Thunderbolt 3 ports,” Rossignol reports. “2016 and 2017 models of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar could be configured with sixth- and seventh-generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors, which supported up to 12 PCI Express lanes, limiting full speeds to the two left-side Thunderbolt 3 ports, with reduced bandwidth on the right-side ports.”
Rossignol reports, “All three generations of the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar have always had four full-speed Thunderbolt 3 ports.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Plug in anywhere you like, new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar owners!
Bob’s Large Collection Of Peripherals — That All Work Very Well — Don’t Sport Anything That Looks Or Acts Like A Thunderbolt Port, Or Anything That Looks Like A USB-C Connector.
Bob needs to join us in 2018.
Here in 2018 I have and regularly use things Apple has tried to kill with dongle hell:
– SD cards
– Ethernet
– USB 1,2,3 type A ports
– Mini DisplayPort
– FireWire 800
– Toslink digital audio output
– Logitech security cable slot
If you think everyone should throw away all these reliable peripherals to satisfy Apple’s pathetic design philosophy, you have another think coming. There’s a reason both Dell and HP are growing computer sales faster than Apple lately. They actually listen to the consumer and offer options.
Apple’s USB-C to USB adapter = $25.00 CDN. Just added it to my bag when I bought my new 15″ MBP.
The Apple Tax strikes again. Including a USB-A port on the MacBook in lieu o one USB-C would cost Apple nothing.