Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter now available

From CNET News.com: After more than a month's wait, Apple has released the Thuderbolt-based FireWire adapters that it announced at WWDC 2012 along with its latest portable systems.

In Apple's latest MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina Display, the company is saving space in its compact designs by doing away with a number of the less-used I/O options, including optical drives and some ports like Ethernet and FireWire. Instead of building them into the systems, Apple is promoting the use of its new high-throughput Thunderbolt technology by offering optional Thunderbolt adapters for the missing I/O ports that people may need.

Thunderbolt is a new high-throughput extension of the system's video and PCI-express buses, which means it can host a number of different controllers to expand the system's capabilities. Options for this include not only basic adapters for missing ports, but also the capability to host external PCI-express card enclosures and combined I/O hubs that can serve as docking stations for portable systems.

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