More About Thunderbolt Ports on the New iMacs

I mistakenly wrote that all new iMacs have 2 Thunderbolt ports. Well, in fact, only the 27-inch iMac has 2 of the port-to-rule-all-ports.

Beloved technology pundit Andy Ihnatko spoke with Apple about the Thunderbolt ports in the new iMacs released today and tweeted that they “are indeed 2 separate data channels. Each supports 6 devices (including) a screen.”

This means you’ll be able to slap TWO more 27-inch LED Cinema Displays onto your dual-Thunderbolt iMac for hot triple screen action. You can daisy-chain up to a total of 12 forthcoming Thunderbolt devices such as RAID drives from Promise and video editing equipment from Matrox.

This is a very compelling reason to opt for the 27-inch model to ensure maximum expandability.

via Andy Ihnatko

James Britton

James first bit into Apple when his mom and dad bought an Apple IIe in 1986. He switched to Wintel in the mid 90s when Apple was in a tailspin and back again to an iBook in 2005 when things were looking brighter. Hopefully there is no turning back to the dark side now.

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