[HiTech RedNeck]

yeah, you get a spider. of course maybe someone else will provide a box in which all this thunderbolted stuff can fit. the next step would be to implement thunderbolt like capability via wifi or better. now you can put your peripherals pretty much anywhere you like.

[ctdonath2]

The flip side is you don’t have an oversized mostly empty box trying to contain everything, much of which still lives outside it anyway.

[TheBattman]

thunderbolt like capability via wifi or better. now you can put your peripherals pretty much anywhere you like.

With the implementation of 802.11ac in Apple's portable line-up, we see things moving that very direction!