Was it really four months ago that Intel and Apple took the curtains off of Thunderbolt I/O ? The MacBook Pro and iMac lines have since been refreshed with the interconnect, but early adopters haven’t had much more than a fancy port to stare at. Thankfully, Apple’s $49 T-bolt cable is finally available as your ticket to the 10Gbps superhighway. Apparently, it quietly hit Apple’s web store this morning along with some fresh Promise Pegasus RAID enclosures ($1k for 4TB up to $2K for 16TB) to support it. All of the peripherals appear to be in stock and ready to ship; so if you’ve been eagerly waiting to make use of that extra port, now’s your chance. Apple Thunderbolt cable, Promise RAIDs now available to get your 10Gbps interconnect on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink