Plus, Apple is openly advertising the Thunderbolt display as a docking station of sorts for the MacBook Air, since it brings FireWire, three additional USB ports, Ethernet, and a FaceTime HD camera.Īnd really, when we consider the heaviest MacBook Air is 2. The 27″ Thunderbolt Display with it’s whopping 2560×1440 resolution is a giant on it’s own and should be more than adequate to meet the needs of most users looking for external displays with their MacBook Air. Thunderbolt 2 starts showing up in later versions of the MacBook Pro, like this one: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) - Technical Specifications. While this may affect some purchasing decisions and direct a few users to the MacBook Pro line instead, not all is lost. Apple used the small form factor version of Eagle Ridge in its new MacBook Air to cut cost and save on motherboard real estate. But hey I can always drop down to the old USB speed, because that cable works just fine. That means you only get two Thunderbolt channels and one DP output. Bought the supposed bi-direction Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter to be able to use Thunderbolt 3 drives on my 2014 MacBook Pro.
This was noticed by Anandtech, who points out the lightweight Thunderbolt chip, called Eagle Ridge, only supports a single DisplayPort channel compared to the dual channels in the larger Light Ridge chip:Įagle Ridge is available in two form factors (normal and SFF) and is effectively half of a Light Ridge chip.
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