Until Someone Makes a Thunderbolt Hub, Thunderbolt is a (1/2 Useless) Dead End Street

[relaxo]

Ok, I'll be the bad guy this time...someone is going to mention this imminently anyway... There is ONLY ONE serious design flaw in this incredibly useful Thunderbolt interface and no one is mentioning it amongst all of these insignificant complaints being put forth. It doesn't support daisy chaining of devices.

For those of us who have started using Thunderbolt devices, many many of us are simply stuck already. I'm stuck, even before this Avid TBolt interface came out. MacBooks have only one Thunderbolt port, so any TBolt device that has only one TBolt port DEAD-ENDS our TBolt daisy chain. And there are no TBolt hubs in sight to revive the viability of Thunderbolt technology on Earth. And even when someone does finally manufacture a TBolt hub, it will be an extra significant cost.

Reality...right now, I, and many other PT users have a problem. If we buy the Avid TBolt interface, we'll have to ditch our existing one port Thunderbolt devices or displays!!! Ouch.

There are dual port TBolt devices, but they're limited in functionality. For instance, there are no dual port portable 2.5" (or SSD) drives. Lacie Makes the "Little" 2.5" raid drive with two ports, but's it's large, heavy and requires a wall wort.

What if you use an external monitor with your MacBook?
>no single port TBolt devices possible at all.

What if you have a Tbolt drive with one port?
>no further single port TBolt devices possible. No external monitor possible.

What if you use the Avid Thunderbolt interface?
>no further single port TBolt devices possible. No external monitor possible.

Avid, thank you for making this TBolt interface. It's the most important and liberating product that you have made in many years. But you now make the most expensive TBolt device in the world possibly. Why no SIMPLE second TBolt port?!? Arrrgh. This is certainly not a showstopper, but it was an avoidable hassle.

This major problem in Thunderbolt technology is certainly not Avid's fault and it will get eliminated when someone finally makes a hub and/or manufacturer's start putting multiple ports on all their TBolt devices.