CES 2026: OWC Launches 2-Meter Thunderbolt 5 Cable for Macs

This isn’t new? I have a 240w charging cable that’s ten feet long, but I’m not sure which version of ThunderButt it supports.

Apple Thunderbolt 4 cable (100W) $129:

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Literally didn't even read the first sentence of the article...

I'm not sure why anyone needs a 2 metre thunderbolt cable. Anyone want to jump in?

- To position your device further away, on the other side of desk
- Maybe your device has an annoying fan noise, and you want to put it into a desk drawer to minimize the noise
- Maybe you have a standup desk, but want the device sitting on the desk drawer. That way you can move the desk up and down while the device remains static.
- etc.

https://www.cablematters.com/pc-1640-193-intel-certified-80gbps-thunderbolt-5-cable-with-up-to-120gbps-bandwidth-boost-and-240w-charging.aspx

[Intel Certified] 80Gbps Thunderbolt 5 Cable with up to 120Gbps Bandwidth Boost and 240W Charging in Black - 1m / 3.3ft

Product ID: 107062-BLK-1m

Price: $32.99 In stock

Now we have people who can't/refuse to even read the titles. How is this not a bannable offense?

Like if somebody really needed 100gb/s

56kbps is all anyone needs

This isn't some hard hitting article in The Atlantic, it's a typical puff piece from MacRumours. We don't need to read an article, skimming headlines is more than sufficient.

Your post strongly proves otherwise.

Meanwhile, Tim Cook is too greedy to put Thunderbolt 5 on iPhones and is still using very slow and very outdated USB 3 speeds (equivalent to very slow Thunderbolt 1 speeds ) on the iPhone 17 Pro, and extremely slow and extremely outdated USB 2 on the iPhone 17. See the thread in the link below for a detailed discussion on that topic:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/will-iphone-14-be-usb-2-0-probably-since-cook-is-mediocre.2341197/

I dont think there is a single phone on the market that supports Thunderbolt anything. Samsungs other flagships supports also USB 3 speeds. Thunderbolt requires extra power hungry components. Including PCI-E lanes, a processor with a thunderbolt chip etc.

I'm not sure why anyone needs a 2 metre thunderbolt cable. Anyone want to jump in?

Very helpful if you have servers in a rack. For extra security most of our servers arent even connected to the network, we internally connect using thunderbolt. In our case thunderbolt 4 is more than enough since we arent transferring a ton of data. But my buddy who is a film editor/ creator and also uses servers in a rack would love this.

It pays to read all of an article/post, as if you had, you'd note that this is a 240W Thunderbolt 5 Cable.