Demonstration of ThunderGate manifestation.. with a mere touch, the TH2 port drops its connection. So, I can't even SNEEZE or my drives dismount and the network connection is terminated.
This is an easily reproduced aberration, and really speaks volumes about Apple's quality control. For example, they don't do routine reliability testing. This MacBookPro was purchased less than 6 months ago, and at first I couldn't pinpoint the direct cause of the signal breakage.