1 week of an M1 iMac jeremycherfas.net
@jeremycherfas @ton pointed out that leaks suggest the bigger new iMac, due early next year, will have several usb-c ports. That might make my new swap soon strategy more appealing than my older buy and hold strategy.
@jeremycherfas I was confused for a moment; when you say lightning you must mean thunderbolt? According to the specs page that machine should have two thunderbolt + two USB 3 ports.
@simonwoods lightning, thunderbolt ... it's all Jovian interference to me. But yes, you are of course, correct. Lightning is the version on the phone, I think.
@jeremycherfas Yep you're right. As far as I know Thunderbolt basically means you get USB with capacity for much faster transfer of data, or more data, or both... something like that. So I think you can use them as USB-C ports, even if you don't want or need the extra power?
@simonwoods Experiments are called for. Many Thunderbolt hubs seem to offer display facilities that I don’t need and are very expensive.
@simonwoods Thunderbolts are go! (A reference that may well elude many readers. )
Thank you for effectively whacking me upside the head. Keyboard and SSD work fine plugged into Thunderbolt ports. Yay!
@jeremycherfas So good I even got into Stingray; I never got any of the really good big toys but always wanted the lot.
Yay! 🎉 That'll be especially good for the SSD, although I think you have to have the right drive and cable and whatnot... although I'm sure the better ones will be easier to find and get as time passes so it's good either way.