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Confused? Roughly speaking, Thunderbolt refers to the technology that determines how fast data is transferred, while USB Type-C specifically refers to the connector (the flat reversible connector you see in use with the MacBook and the new MacBook Pro).
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If you do have gadgets - most likely, an external hard drive or an Apple Display (now replaced by the one made by LG shown off during the MacBook Pro presentation) - that have the now-obsolete proprietary Thunderbolt connector, Apple is now selling a USB Type-C Thunderbolt 3-to-Thunderbolt 2 adapter. Those don’t work with USB Type-C connectors! Fortunately, where others see a problem, Apple sees an adapter.
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Well, we didn’t know that was going to happen at the time, and now we’ve got a bunch of stuff Apple sold us that has the old Thunderbolt ports. Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter is needed, and then you just plug the TB3 end to the PC and the TB2 end plugs into the monitor's cable. If you're still committed to using the TB display with a PC, then you should check that the PC has a Thunderbolt port. Since then, Thunderbolt technology has moved away from that boxy proprietary connector and into the ubiquitous USB Type-C connector. Thunderbolt is of course a separate thing. A single cable now provides four times the data and twice the video bandwidth of any other cable, while also supplying up to 100W of power. There was a time, not so long ago, when the Thunderbolt port was the hot thing to have for any laptop. Thunderbolt 3 is based on the DisplayPort 1.2 specification and can support up to 2 streams (eight lanes) of DisplayPort 1.2 video bandwidth.