We continue to present accessories that you can give away in these next dates of the Three Kings. In this case, we go to the world of connection Thunderbolt.
As you all know, since 2011 Apple is including in its computers the new port that is capable of reaching speeds much higher than those existing with other types of connections.
The case that we have always exposed is that most of the companies that have presented some peripheral with this type of connection, have always sinned to impose a almost prohibitive price. This is the case with many external hard drives with a Thunderbolt connection that are much more expensive than those with a USB 3.0 connection. Not to mention if what we are thinking about is looking for a solid state disk with this type of connection.
Other companies dedicated to the world of external boxes have given options to be able to insert PCI cards into their boxes, having this type of connection. One of them was mLink company, which put its box at a price of almost $ 400. Now, with the launch of the new Mac Pro, manufacturers know that the demand for these types of devices is going to begin and as we all know, the first to hit the market gets the best piece of the cake. In this case it is not the first to arrive, but the first to arrive "with affordable prices".
Therefore, Firmtek company has presented its box ThunderTek / PX to equip your PCI 2.0 cards Thunderbolt ports, and therefore have them ready to connect to Macs as long as they are compatible with them. The best of all is that the sale price is $ 199, completely replacing the option that already existed.
As you can see in the images, its size is very small, so it is interesting for the new teams that are being launched.
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Source - firmtek