Happy Tuesday,

Well, last week’s updates to the MacBook Pro line were certainly significant. Huge speed increases are always welcome, particularly when there’s little to no effect on battery life. The big news to me is the completely new I/O port, formerly code named Light Peak, called Thunderbolt in its final implementation. At 10GB/sec it completely blows away USB 3.0 and FireWire 800 in every regard. Of course, with any new technology like this, the main stumbling point at first will be availability of peripherals to take advantage of the interface. Rest assured, Small Dog will carry a great mix of Thunderbolt-compatible devices as they are released.

Apple has done this before with USB on the original iMac and FireWire on early PowerBook G4s. With Apple’s always-growing market share and enviable brand respect, I’m sure we’ll see swift adoption of this new technology in the weeks and months ahead.

The new stuff will keep coming this week, as Apple announced a press event on the second. While unconfirmed, the graphic Apple used in their announcement makes it pretty clear the event will be focused on iPad. We’ll have analysis and commentary on our blog, Barkings when the time comes.

As always, thanks for reading, and keep in touch.

Matt
matt@smalldog.com