Hello Readers,

This week’s Tech Tails will be a bit different than usual. WWDC is underway and aside from the excitement of new products, it’s always great to see/wonder about the technology behind the new toys. A 15-inch Retina display is something I’m still wrapping my head around…I can’t wait to see it. I think people will just sit in front of it and stare when we get these in the South Burlington store!

I am also excited about the future of Thunderbolt—my prediction last year was that an outboard PCI expansion bay would replace the Mac Pro. It hasn’t gone away yet (in fact, there are new models we outline below), but I still think Thunderbolt will be used to take iMacs and Apple portables to higher performance levels. For example, Sony’s Vaio Z has a Thunderbolt dock available with a Blu-ray drive and a Radeon HD 6650M in it, giving the laptop a pretty serious graphics performance boost and optical drive upgrade. I think that’s going to be just the beginning of what’s possible with Thunderbolt.

We’ll be continuing to update the blog today as more details emerge and we get product in stock (some have already landed!). Can’t wait to see what today brings.

Liam
liam@smalldog.com