While certain PC motherboards and add-in cards do support a Thunderbolt connection, the lion's share of users default to a Mac pairing, since Apple has been shipping their computers with a Thunderbolt port since early 2011. They're just so much faster than a USB connection and even Firewire (which is still largely compatible with Thunderbolt ports, given the correct adapter) meaning the Thunderbolt interfaces that exist now will continue to grow in popularity, while more will hit the market in the near future.Īs we look through some of these interfaces, Apple computers will be our assumption and our context. Thunderbolt connections (namely Thunderbolt 3) are quickly becoming the gold standard in audio interface data transfer.
