Apple’s 3-meter Thunderbolt 4 cable for $159 is the only game in town

Apple receives a whole lot of flack from lovers, haters, and everyone in-involving for its rates on its cables. But in some scenarios, you really do not have a selection but to get Apple’s featuring, like with its newest cable, a 3-meter (10-foot) Thunderbolt 4 Professional Cable. It sells for $159 (£159)–yes, I read you exclaim, “It sells for WHAT?!” all the way above in my San Francisco office–but it’s the only cable of its kind.

The Pro Cable supports Thunderbolt 3 and 4 and USB 4 info transfers at a charge up to 40Gbps, and USB 2.1 Gen 2 charges of 10Gbps. It also does DisplayPort video output (HBR3) and fees up to 100W. It is a braided cable, which should support its longevity and avert it from catching alone into a tangled mess.

If you’re sitting down there studying all this wondering, “WTF? Why do I need the dang matter?” then you likely never want the dang detail. You can use this cable to join a Studio Display (which contains a 1-meter (3-foot) Thunderbolt 3 cable) or a Professional Display screen XDR (which features a two-meter Thunderbolt 3 cable), but the style of user who will want this cable is almost certainly in a creation setting and needs to hook up to an exterior unit that is not near by, such as shared storage.

Apple’s three-meter cable joins the company’s 1.8-meter (6-foot) cable ($129), and two-meter cables that you can discover at other shops, these types of as OWC ($57), CalDigit ($75), and C2G ($129). As you can see, the costs extensively change, as do the high quality and capabilities. Cable Issues has a 10-meter Thunderbolt 3 cable for $320 on Amazon if you really need to have the duration and are willing to give up some of the Thunderbolt 4 positive aspects. But if you want velocity and length, Apple has the current market cornered.