Apple Reducing Thunderbolt Pricing, Adds A Shorter $29 Version

Due to the backlash from avid consumers, Apple has decided to reduce the price of its 2 meter long Thunderbolt cable down from the original set price of $49, to $39. In addition, Apple released a shorter 0.5 meter Thunderbolt cable for $29, which is better suitable for use with external Thunderbolt hard drives and other portable peripherals. High-speed Thunderbolt cables are considerably more expensive than Apple's USB and Lightning cables because they require more processing power using high-quality copper cabling, and a total of four different processing chips on either end.

27" Thunderbolt Displays Finally Shipping To Stores

According to MacRumors Apple is beginning to ship 27" Thunderbolt Displays to stores and resellers in the coming weeks. Customers should now be able to experience the display in person and hopefully pick one up. The new Thunderbolt displays add all the different connections in just one cable, including firewire 800 port, three USB ports, and is also able to carry audio over, and there is even Gigabit Ethernet. You will also be able to daisy chain another display to another which will allow you to run two displays at once off one cable. Apple showed off these displays back in July and are presently available for pre-order for $999

Apple Outs Thunderbolt-To-Thunderbolt Cable

Apple has finally released a Thunderbolt cable today with a nice price tag to match it at $49. What's it good for you ask? How about blazing fast data transfer speeds of 10Gbps. There's not much you can use this Thunderbolt cable for right now. There are very few devices and peripherals that support this technology at the moment, but you can use it to connect your Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Pro with your iMac and use it as an external display.