Today at Computex 2025, OWC announced the launch and pre-order availability of the OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock made for pros and business users. Built to meet the demands of creatives, power users ...

When you bought your computer, you probably heard or read the word Thunderbolt in reference to ports that, to your knowledge, look and function just like the USB-Cs you use to charge everything else.

The first Thunderbolt 5 ports on Apple products appeared this week with the updated Mac mini and MacBook Pro models based on Apple’s new M4 Pro and M4 Max chips. (The plain M4 models use Thunderbolt 4 ...

Forward-looking: Thunderbolt 5 doubles Thunderbolt 4's bandwidth, offering 80Gbps transfer speeds in either direction. However, Thunderbolt 5's alternate mode can transmit at 120Gbps while ...

However, not all ports are built the same. While USB ports and Thunderbolt ports do share plenty of similarities, there are key differences that could end up influencing your hardware buying decision.

Here’s how it works. In the world of modern recording, you’ll often see debate over the preference between USB and Thunderbolt audio interfaces. Within home and pro recording scenarios, you’ll ...

Can laptops with USB4 ports use Thunderbolt 4/5 docks? Yes, but it's complicated. USB4 brings cross-compatibility with Thunderbolt 3 and can support the same features/bandwidth as Thunderbolt 4 ...

Thunderbolt ports enable high-speed connections between devices. But up until now, that’s mean you could use a Thunderbolt cable to connect storage, graphics cards, or docking stations to a PC.

In recent years, another port type has become quite popular for the same purposes: Thunderbolt. At first glance, it looks identical to a USB-C, but their capabilities are quite different.

Satechi’s Thunderbolt 4 Slim Pro Hub won’t be relevant to most users, as it simply splits a Thunderbolt 4 connection with a USB-A port as a bonus. But it puts out a hefty amount of power ...

Initially available for MacBook Pro models, Thunderbolt has now become a common interface for laptops. And you might’ve already considered Thunderbolt before. Whether connecting an external ...