14 DAY TRIAL // Thunderbolt may have impressed people thanks to its speed that is twice as high as that of USB 3.0, but that's about all it managed to do.
Everything else worked against it: the different port shape (low compatibility with most products) and the price of implementation.
In fact, had the cost been lower, Acer might have decided to push forward and attempt to promote it.
It won't though. As it told CNET, the company will stop using the interface, because USB 3.0 is a good alternative to it and doesn't cost nearly as much.
That's quite a different opinion compared to 2012, when Acer was the first Windows PC company to use Thunderbolt.
If anyone else follows Acer's example, Apple might end up as the only supporter of the technology, much like it started out as.