And the wild thing is, the ports introduced today aren't even USB-C; they're Thu...

artimaeis · on Oct 27, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)#Thunde...

Thunderbolt 3 is basically an extension which builds on top of USB-C. As such it's fully backwards compatible.

potatolicious · on Oct 27, 2016

No, but the ports are dual-mode. Plug a USB-C thing into it and it's a USB port. Plug a Thunderbolt device in and it's a Thunderbolt port.

Similar to the dual-mode mini-DP/Thunderbolt ports of the past.

The ports introduced today absolutely are USB-C.

anonymfus · on Oct 27, 2016

If all USB ports on machine are also thunderbolt ports, it looks like a security problem.

morinted · on Oct 27, 2016

From what I understand, they are merged. Meaning that USB C and Thunderbolt 3 are compatible, but you will get more throughput when you are TB3 to TB3 than when mixing with USB C (I may be off!)

masklinn · on Oct 27, 2016

* USB-C is the physical port, TB3 uses USB-C

* TB3 is an alternate mode of USB, if you have TB3 you have USB[0]

* The reverse is not true, you can have non-TB3 USB-only ports

[0] well technically not necessarily, the USB-C and USB-3.1 standards are completely separated but that'd be really stupid