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So I've bit the bullet. I made a blogspot. Welcome to my blog! This will be a blog about fashion, tech, life, women, science and people in the eyes of a dumb nerd.

To get us started, why not start with something nice and geeky?

Intel, with the help of Apple, came out with a new I/O standard called Thunderbolt. It's blazing fast at 10 gb/s and incredibly versatile. It uses the minidisplay size/shaped port but offers data transfer as well as being a visual display. You also have the ability to daisy chain 6 devices on Thunderbolt. Sounds great!

Currently, many laptop/desktop manufacturers are waiting on Intel to allow chipset manufacturers to use USB 3.0. Undoubtedly USB will have to exist in future computers for legacy devices, however, Thunderbolt has a really good chance of taking control of the market right now considering it's faster and more versatile than USB. They are both Intel products so Intel will benefit either way, but Apple stands to gain a huge amount of publicity and market share if people really like this I/O platform.

Keep in mind that Thunderbolt is not Apple exclusive; its Intel's baby. Apple is just the first to use it (which, in almost any market, means a lot).

I'm both excited and worried about this new standard. Its potential is great; tons of devices operating at high speeds, however it could fall away into a niche market like Firewire fairly easily if they don't find a way to keep costs down. Knowing Intel though, they'll whore it out like all of their products and every computer will have a port.

What do you guys think?