With speeds twice as fast as Firewire 800 these products help professionals get their work done faster.

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But Apple product marketing manager Greg Joswiak said that particular machine won't include new features like Firewire 800 and integrated Bluetooth.

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Both also have the new Firewire 800 connection port, which looks a little different from the Firewire ports we already know and love.

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Backward compatible with USB 2.0, G-Technology's USB 3.0 drives deliver speeds 10 times faster than USB 2.0 and six times faster than FireWire 800.

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Indeed, at ten gigabytes per second in both downloading and uploading, Thunderbolt is approximately twenty times faster then USB 2.0, and twelve times faster than FireWire 800.

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Also of note is the port assortment: USB 2.0, FireWire 800 and -- wait for it -- FireWire 400 (eSATA is included as well on the G-RAID mini).

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They also include Apple's new Firewire 800 technology, which allows a connection speed of up 800 megabits per second to peripherals like hard drives, video cameras and other computers.

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But at 800 megabits per second the new Firewire is about twice as fast as its already speedy predecessor.

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