Native TB - can you remove the card from the box?

[Actionmusic]

Wondered if any brave DUC'er's have opened up the Thunderbolt native box to see if the card can be removed, and whether it's just the same as the PCI-e one? I only ask as I have need to run both on an iMac with thunderbolt and also use in the intel mac pro.

[albee1952]

I'd say the odds are very good that its a simple PCIe box with the thunderbolt connection(probably sourced from Sonnet or Magma) but I don't have one to take apart. The Mac Pro doesn't have TB? Maybe sell it and update to a Mac Pro WITH tb to save you the hassle

[Craig F]

currently the Mac Pros don't have Thunderbolt, the new ones are suppose to (when ever they ship)

the HDN box has the headphone jack, make me think it's a bit more specialized but I don't know

[nst7]

If it could be removed, I don't think it would be an ideal solution.

You might be better off buying a used Native card (without software) on Ebay, then switch your HD interfaces back and forth between computers.

[WarrenG]

... or get a PCIe card and a TB to PCIe adaptor box from Sonnet, Magma or OWC

[KMcK]

Originally Posted by WarrenG

... or get a PCIe card and a TB to PCIe adaptor box from Sonnet, Magma or OWC

This is the better solution. Unlike the Avid box, the 3rd party TB boxes have 2 ports allowing you to actually daisy chain TB device, and removing the PCIe card is fairly simple.