thunderbolt in win7 64 bit OS

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thunderbolt in win7 64 bit OS

I see promise has the pegasus disk drive that interfaces to macbook pro with thunderbolt, but it says mac os X.

Anyone know if thunderbolt on promise pegasus would work in win7 64 bit OS?

Only looking for JBOD (just a bunch of disks) vice raid.

Thanks, Steve

macbook pro 17, Windows 7

Posted on Mar 27, 2011 10:01 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 27, 2011 12:45 PM in response to martinsw

It should work just fine. When you install windows, then the OS X bootcamp drivers disk, thunderbolt drivers should have been installed as well. You might have to update to bootcamp 3.2 for the latest and greatest via apple software update in windows. As far as I have read on thunderbolt, its supposed to work just like USB would, but super fast, so it should just be plug and play.

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The hatter

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Mar 27, 2011 2:34 PM in response to martinsw

Well, maybe it is propritary and differs from Intel LightPeak technology enough that it is not a standard USB3/eSATA + video link.

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Mar 28, 2011 5:32 PM in response to The hatter

Its propritary enough in that Intel developed the tech, but it should still be supported by a driver on the OS X disc and bootcamp, however windows might not support it because thunderbolt/lightpeak isn't really out for windows......

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Mar 29, 2011 8:24 PM in response to martinsw

I may stay away from this bleeding edge technology for now (I have been cut a few times!) and just get a dual esata Expresscard /34 card to plug into my 17" MBP - using USB2.0 is killing me when copying 2TB of data from one drive to another (use a 8 bay removable sata computer when in the office).

It doesn't even look like one can buy the pegasus 4 bay device right now.....

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