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Finally we get rid of the messy mass of sphagetti all over and FAST, really really FAST, connection speeds. What's not to like?

Light Peak isn't going to eliminate multiple cable standards. It might supplant some, but DisplayPort, SATA, Ethernet, etc are not going to disappear when Light Peak shows up. Right now the biggest bottleneck in computing is not transfer speeds (well, USB 2.0 aside) but rather access time, especially on traditional magnetic platter HDDs.

18 posted on 09/27/2009 1:52:20 PM PDT by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)

Light Peak isn't going to eliminate multiple cable standards.... the biggest bottleneck in computing is not transfer speeds ... but rather access time, especially on traditional magnetic platter HDDs.

Maybe you are right but I wouldn't bet on it. This looks to me like an on-ramp to the next level, promising both simplicity and speed. Who could resist? And as for access times, rotating memory's mechanical glory days are over. SSD Solid State Disks are coming on fast. I have seen 2 Terabyte disks, and 128G disks are less than $500... Capacity goes up, price goes down, and speeds increase. I can't wait!