

We'll regularly update the article with up-to-date product The best external Thunderbolt expansion options available. The newest Mac models with Thunderbolt 2 have limited internal expansion capabilities. Modern Apple Mac computers now only have Thunderbolt and USB3 ports with FireWire ports being dropped altogether. Thunderbolt (codenamed Light Peak) is an interface technology developed by Intel and adopted by Apple inĢ011.

And if you want to look at some Windows laptops too, you can check out our roundup of the best laptops from a few months back.Thunderbolt v1/v2 Expansion & Connectivity Options Article ID = 110Īrticle Title = Thunderbolt v1/v2 Expansion & Connectivity OptionsĪ list of Thunderbolt v1 and v2 expansion and connectivity options/products Thunderbolt v1/v2 Expansion & Connectivity Options Take that as you will.įor more on Apple's laptops, you can read our full reviews of the (mid 2013) 11-in MacBook Air and the (late 2013) 13-in Retina MacBook Pro. And lots of supply chain rumors have been pointing to a higher-resolution MacBook Air coming as soon as later this year.

The question isn't if Apple will release a Retina MacBook Air, but when. With many smartphones, tablets, and, yes, laptops switching to razor-sharp displays, I can't emphasize enough how dated the MacBook Air's screen is looking these days. The Air's price makes it a little more appealing, but this might not be a great time to buy a MacBook Air – at least not if you care about display resolution. That makes it $300 cheaper than the base MacBook Pro with Retina Display. This 13-in model, which used to start at US$1,100, now starts at $1,000. The new MacBook Air's spec bump is barely worth mentioning, but its price drop most definitely is. The MacBook Air saw a $100 price drop with the release of the new model
