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Ever since I moved to a notebook as my main work computer I've become increasingly annoyed with the process of actually moving my notebook-as-a-desktop around. At my desk I've got DisplayPort, Ethernet, two USB, FireWire 800, speakers and power all plugged into a 15-inch MacBook Pro. What makes it frustrating isn't the first-world-problem of having to unplug seven cables, rather that it doesn't need to be seven cables - Apple could make the whole thing happen with just two.

Dans le monde des PC, ça fait 20 ans que ce problème est résolu, sans fil. Chez Apple, ils se trainent toujours avec ces fils à la patte.

A nice MacBook Air competitor starting at $1969. The real thing starts at $1299.

Jean-Louis Gassée n'est pas souvent de mauvaise foi, mais ça lui arrive quand même.

You can chain up to six Thunderbolt devices. That’s not a problem today as we’re not even aware of six products that support Thunderbolt yet. But if the connection becomes widespread, the six device limit might be a problem for some people. In comparison, FireWire supports 63 devices and USB supports up to 127 devices.

Bah, ça n'est pas une limitation, Apple vendra à ce moment là une extension bien pratique et hors de prix pour contourner cette limitation complètement artificielle.

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Rainer Spehl. Photographs by Achim Hatzius.