<story><title>Attaching a Thunderbolt GPU to a Macbook Air</title><url>http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/4271-2013-11-macbook-air-win7-sonnet-echo-expresscard-pe4l-internal-lcd-%5Bus%24250%5D.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ChikkaChiChi</author><text>Let&amp;#x27;s be honest: The Thunderbolt ecosystem is tragic.&lt;p&gt;- We&amp;#x27;re only now seeing the first docks come available.  It only took Belkin an extra year to develop it.&lt;p&gt;- The hopes and dreams of internal buses being used outside the standard case is still only a dream unless you are willing to pay extreme premiums.  Even then there is still no native solution for video.&lt;p&gt;- I still need a special cord from Apple to run Dual-link. If I want a Thunderbolt display for my Macbook, I still end up with a power cord adapter that&amp;#x27;s over a year out of date.&lt;p&gt;- And now Apple wants to convince us that somehow, someway, the forthcoming Mac Pro will somehow usher in a new wave of adoption?  What flavor Kool-Aid are they drinking and are they somehow consuming it through FW800?&lt;p&gt;While USB3 is faring a little better, I still encounter mystical errors any time I use a card that relies on Displaylink drivers.  The fact of the matter is that it seems like this latest generation of ports is being hindered less by the underlying technology and more by corporate bullshit that leaves us all frustrated.</text></comment>
<story><title>Attaching a Thunderbolt GPU to a Macbook Air</title><url>http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/4271-2013-11-macbook-air-win7-sonnet-echo-expresscard-pe4l-internal-lcd-%5Bus%24250%5D.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>larsberg</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been assuming this is what Apple is going to do with the next MBP retina. Intel graphics when headless + a new Thunderbolt Display with built-in Nvidia or ATI card when &amp;quot;docked.&amp;quot;</text></comment>