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Just saw this. Thunderbolt 1 and 2 docks used to offer eSATA.
eSATA is still beneficial for connecting hard drives and cheaper SSDs. It enables PC booting over Thunderbolt (since the eSATA is a PCI bus device, which Windows requires for normal boot).
Anyway, it's sad to see eSATA get cost cut out of Thunderbolt docks.
Fortunately we can use TB 1/2 docks with newer machines via a Thunderbolt 2-to-3+ adapter. So they still work!
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eSATA is still beneficial for connecting hard drives and cheaper SSDs. It enables PC booting over Thunderbolt (since the eSATA is a PCI bus device, which Windows requires for normal boot).
Anyway, it's sad to see eSATA get cost cut out of Thunderbolt docks.
Fortunately we can use TB 1/2 docks with newer machines via a Thunderbolt 2-to-3+ adapter. So they still work!
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