Zipper: everything you need to know

May not seem we need another way to connect computer components, but when you look at the Thunderbolt, which made its debut on MacBook Pros today, you'll see, it's going to be a useful addition.

Formerly called peak light, this new way of connecting monitors and peripherals so much faster than the way we connect things today it probably would take over as the preferred way to connect the drives, monitors, and many other devices for Macs and PCs over the next several years. Here's everything you need to know:

It's much faster channel for file transfer and video: 10 Gbps (gigabits per second), which is about twice as fast as USB 3.0 and 20 times faster than USB 2.0. How fast? Intel says the lightning may "transfer full-length film HD in less than 30 seconds and backup 1 year of continuous MP3 playback in just over 10 minutes". Tek was developed by Intel itself; Apple teamed up to bring it to market it started out as light peak, but the first iteration is used a copper wire, according to ComputerWorld .it's here now for MacBook Pros, and on his way to the PC. But first, the only developer kit using the add-in cards will be available for PC.