im sorry if I have missed a post or two, I've been preoccupied with setting up a back linking network, anywhooo I would like to discuss the new port technology issued on the latest MacBook Pro's the Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt technology gives you two channels on the same connector with 10 Gbps of throughput in both directions. That makes it ultrafast, and ultraflexible. You can move data to and from peripherals up to 20 times faster than with USB 2.0 and more than 12 times faster than with FireWire 800. You also have more than enough bandwidth to daisy-chain multiple high-speed devices, without using a hub or switch. For example, you can connect several high-performance external disks, a video capture device, and even a Mini DisplayPort display to a single Thunderbolt chain while maintaining maximum throughput. Some are saying this will supersede USB 3.0 but from my understanding Intel is attempting to work right alongside USB 3.0 to give the consumer more flexibility when it come to data transfer. This being said the amount of current devices supporting this technology is slim at best, but down the road we will be transferring data between devices faster than we ever thought possible. As we all know time is of the essence...