I have an iMac 5K with a thunderbolt audio device, raid and now need an hdmi port. But I am really weirded out that it does not look like any multiport hubs are made. All I can find are dual port which in effect only inserts that box in the chain. This is quite unreal for such a marketed next gen technology.
Any help is much appreciated.
Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Thunderbolt is daisy chain only, two ports per device max (except the new Mac Pro with three Thunderbolt busses for six ports). There are no Thunderbolt hubs. There are devices that connect multiple devices to Thunderbolt, but they never have more than two Thunderbolt ports. The iMac with two ports can't use more than two single-port Thunderbolt devices. Any other devices need two ports.
All Thunderbolt devices should have two Thunderbolt port to allow daisy-chaining, but a lot of manufacturers are more concerned with price than usability.
You probably don't have much choice on the audio interface (unless there is a version that uses USB) but there are many two-port Thunderbolt RAID systems. They cost more than the single port systems, but it is often worth it.
If you don't need much graphics performance on the HDMI display, you could use USB.
Thunderbolt is daisy chain only, two ports per device max (except the new Mac Pro with three Thunderbolt busses for six ports). There are no Thunderbolt hubs. There are devices that connect multiple devices to Thunderbolt, but they never have more than two Thunderbolt ports. The iMac with two ports can't use more than two single-port Thunderbolt devices. Any other devices need two ports.
All Thunderbolt devices should have two Thunderbolt port to allow daisy-chaining, but a lot of manufacturers are more concerned with price than usability.
You probably don't have much choice on the audio interface (unless there is a version that uses USB) but there are many two-port Thunderbolt RAID systems. They cost more than the single port systems, but it is often worth it.
If you don't need much graphics performance on the HDMI display, you could use USB.
Great answer and thank you. But it does leave the buyers in a hole when failing to realize a double port is a must on any device.
Does ANYONE make a 4 port thunderbolt hub?
