Huh. It is cheaper to buy a Thunderbolt 3 -> PCI Express enclosure plus PCI Express 10Gbit Ethernet card than it is to buy a Thunderbolt 3 10Gbit Ethernet adapter.
By a lot.
A lot a lot. (Like $350 vs $1800.)
@ehurtley Iβve never seen 10Gbit being put to use in the wild.
@ehurtley I mean I designed a setup for a video editor and he hasnβt been able to use it because of the pandemic :/
@matuzalem I know a few people who use it to connect video edit stations to SANs.
At work we use it between our build servers and our storage arrays.
I just found a used 10Gbit switch locally cheap, was looking in to options to add 10Gbit to my laptop. More "just because" than anything; but not at those prices!
@ehurtley if you could afford the adapter you may as well get the 1,000$ coasters for the βNewβ MacPro
@matuzalem π Yeah, definitely can't afford the $1800 adapter. Even the $350 is too much for the lack-of-serious-use I'd get. (I got a used $50 PCIe 10Gbit card for my server, so at least ONE system will be able to take advantage.)