Well, Thunderbolt 3 now explicitly supports them (previously Intel wouldn&#x27;t certify for what appeared to be non-technical reasons), so it might actually catch on.<p>I don&#x27;t expect it to be cheap; but even if the chassis is a few hundred dollars, if you can reuse them for three generations of GPU and laptop, it&#x27;s probably worth it.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;images.anandtech.com&#x2F;doci&#x2F;9331&#x2F;TB19_575px.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;images.anandtech.com&#x2F;doci&#x2F;9331&#x2F;TB19_575px.png</a>
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