Can I use an adapter to get thunderbolt on my early 09 MacBook pro

Can I use an adapter to get thunderbolt on my early 09 MacBook pro?

No.  ThunderBolt is a direct connection to your systems PCI Express bus.  There is no way for your existing ports to do this with any sort of external adapter.

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