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Say Goodbye to Adobe Flash

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As far as functional web design goes (not fun animations) Flash is AWFUL. Artistically, flash based sites can be amazing but user interaction is pure suck. Now, I just hope Apple has made a similarly clairvoyant prediction with the introduction of Thunderbolt. Sooooooo much potential but no one is adopting it :(.
 
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Kwesi said:
As far as functional web design goes (not fun animations) Flash is AWFUL. Artistically, flash based sites can be amazing but user interaction is pure suck. Now, I just hope Apple has made a similarly clairvoyant prediction with the introduction of Thunderbolt. Sooooooo much potential but no one is adopting it :(.
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Note - Thunderbolt is an Intel owned and invented standard. Apple are just the first folks to SELL a machine including it.
 
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aborgman said:
Note - Thunderbolt is an Intel owned and invented standard. Apple are just the first folks to SELL a machine including it.
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I think Apple participated in the Thunderbolt dev project with Intel, and in return Apple got a one year exclusive on Thunderbolt hardware. Something like that.
 
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OldDog52 said:
I think Apple participated in the Thunderbolt dev project with Intel, and in return Apple got a one year exclusive on Thunderbolt hardware. Something like that.
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Correct. Thunderbolt was a collaboration project between Apple and Intel.

aborgman said:
Note - Thunderbolt is an Intel owned and invented standard. Apple are just the first folks to SELL a machine including it.
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I'm not sure who owns the Thunderbolt copyright but I just want it to become more widespread so us Mac guys aren't left in the dust by USB 3.0. We want faster data transfer speeds too, ya know :atoz:.
 
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OldDog52 said:
I think Apple participated in the Thunderbolt dev project with Intel,
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Actually Intel developed Thunderbolt (originally as Light Peak, an optical standard) and Apple is responsible for the connector (it uses the DisplayPort connector).

OldDog52 said:
and in return Apple got a one year exclusive on Thunderbolt hardware. Something like that.
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"...but Apple doesn't actually have a timed exclusive on the technology, at least according to Intel PR. The company told us that while it's currently targeting an early 2012 launch for Thunderbolt with other OEMs -- whereas the new MacBook Pro has Thunderbolt right now -- there's nothing stopping other manufacturers from launching machines with the 10Gbps interconnect a good bit earlier if they so desire."
 
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aborgman said:
Actually Intel developed Thunderbolt (originally as Light Peak, an optical standard) and Apple is responsible for the connector (it uses the DisplayPort connector).



"...but Apple doesn't actually have a timed exclusive on the technology, at least according to Intel PR. The company told us that while it's currently targeting an early 2012 launch for Thunderbolt with other OEMs -- whereas the new MacBook Pro has Thunderbolt right now -- there's nothing stopping other manufacturers from launching machines with the 10Gbps interconnect a good bit earlier if they so desire."
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I stand corrected. Still hoping the technology (both Light Peak and Thunderbolt) becomes some kind of standard or at least very widespread.
 
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