why generic USB 3 enclosures are abundant and cheap while Thunderbolt enclosures are rare and expensive despite both being Intel set standards
I would have to guess it is simply a result of there being far more manufacturers of USB 3 enclosures than thunderbolt ones, the more supply and competition there is the cheaper products generally end up. Now as to why there would be more makers of USB 3 enclosures than thunderbolt I can think up…
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I would have to guess it is simply a result of there being far more manufacturers of USB 3 enclosures than thunderbolt ones, the more supply and competition there is the cheaper products generally end up. Now as to why there would be more makers of USB 3 enclosures than thunderbolt I can think up a couple of reasons, first of all if you make a USB 3 enclosure you are not limiting your market to only people that has USB 3 since USB 3 is backwards compatible, on top of that USB 3 is now being included in the hefty majority of Desktops and laptops build during the last year or two. Thunderbolt on the other hand is not backwards compatible with any popular pre-existing standard and is more or less only found on Apple computers. That is my hypothesis for the price differences you have experienced.
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Key Concepts: Thunderbolt, enclosures, backwards
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