And they'll save a bundle by not paying for performance they don't need. They'll just plug the drive into their Type-C port and it'll just work. For many consumers, the distinction won't matter much. OWC Thunderbolt 4 Compatible SSD Drive OWC Envoy FX TBolt 4 & USB 3.2 SSDĬompact Aluminum Heat-Sink Case With Finsīecause a computer's Type-C ThunderBolt 4 ports also speak USB protocols, some drive and device manufacturers are marketing Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 peripherals as 'ThunderBolt 4 Compatible' - which they are - They just operate at lower, 10Gbps speeds. Sabrent Dual-Mode TB4 / USB-C Drive Auto-Detects Thunderbolt 4 / USB 3.2 Operationįantom Thunderbolt 4 SSD Drive Fantom Drives Thunderbolt 4 SSDīoth USB-C and Thunderbolt 4 Supported Chipset Supports BOTH USB 3.2 Gen2 and TB 4 Connectivity LaCie Thunderbolt 4 SSD Drive Apple Compatible LaCie Thunderbolt 4 SSD Some drives (Not listed here) still available that are Thunderbolt 3-ONLY, and can't work on many Windows PC USB-C USB-Only device ports.

Shop carefully: The 4 drives below are universally compatible. Some of the more recent SSD drives with Thunderbolt 4 universally compatible chipsets now also support both 10Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 *OR* TBolt4 connectivy for wide PC & Mac compatibility on Type-C ports. The demand for ultra high speed SSD ThunderBolt 4 backup drives and other peripherals leveraging the 40Gbps interface is exploding to meet demand. In the recent M1 Pro and Max revisions to it's MacBook laptops and the Mac mini, Mac Studio, and iMac desktops, Apple is shipping millions of next-generation ThunderBolt 4 enabled computers each quarter.

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