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  • RaichuPls - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    Uhhhhh.........

    Was gonna bitch at no GPU reviews, but then I laughed at the name. Does TBT3TBTADAP actually mean anything?

    Why?
  • hyno111 - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    Obviously ThunderBolT 3 to ThunderBolT ADAPter.
  • Supacon_Fizzix - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    It means Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt Adapter. I'd think that's obvious. StarTech products generally have very straightforward product names that make it very easy to search for their stuff and that is one thing I like about that company.
  • boeush - Thursday, August 4, 2016 - link

    While this name makes sense in an engineering sort of way, still reading it made my internal monologue suddenly if briefly acquire the ineffable tonality of Porky Pig.

    I had to re-read it a few times, just to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. Yep, it definitely brings out my inner Porky. And I didn't even know I HAD an inner Porky.

    I have learned something very profound about myself today. Thanks, startech.com!
  • Flunk - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    That price seems a bit high for an adapter.
  • LtGoonRush - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    That's a typical price for an adapter containing an active transceiver chip when new. Price will decline if they move in volume, but Thunderbolt stuff doesn't typically sell volume.
  • Kevin G - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    At $79, pricey if a person invested in simple adapters (FW800, Gigabit ethernet etc.) but worthwhile for some of the professional gear that uses Thunderbolt like Black Magic's UltraStudio video IO box.
  • danbob999 - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    as soon as the Thunderbolt name is on a product, expect it to be overpriced.
  • r3loaded - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    Why does Thunderbolt anything have to be so expensive? Granted, this isn't *too* bad considering it's an active powered transceiver chip, but Thunderbolt docks are at the stupid end of pricing.
  • Gigaplex - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    Niche and complex.
  • ltcommanderdata - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    Does any manufacturer have plans to make an adapter allowing Thunderbolt 3 devices to plug into Thunderbolt 2 hosts? Intel's original presentations on Thunderbolt 3 mentioned such adapters would be possible, but I haven't heard of any materializing.
  • g4cube - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    Turns out Intel discovered that this was much more complicated than originally thought. It was in the original Thunderbolt 3 specs but proved to expensive to implement. Especially since the spec also requires that 15W be available on the Thunderbolt 3 port. This would of course then require a power adapter for the dongle. There are also many other issues.

    Impossible, no. Impractical? Yes.
  • ltcommanderdata - Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - link

    That's too bad. Thanks for letting me know.
  • StrangerGuy - Sunday, August 7, 2016 - link

    ...and Intel wonders why next to nobody wants to deal with TB.
  • dylangio - Sunday, August 28, 2016 - link

    I got this in hopes to make it work on my TB display but so far it's been a nightmare. Anyone else get it to work?

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