Dude, this is bull... The USB3 performed at less than its theoretical throughput... But then again, so did the TB ! Thats not 10gb and if thats multiple SSDs in Raid it should be faster than that... If its a single SSD on TB then TB did its job and maxed the drive.
Didn't read my sig, I guess. 4x3TB 7200RPM HDD in an Areca ARC-5026 enclosure.
Defending USB3 by saying that TB didn't perform at its potential is bull, the fact is USB3 was considerably slower than TB. Period. The fact that TB was faster tells me it's the interface, not the storage, that is the bottleneck.
At the end of the day, less than 1% of all consumers will need 500/500 read write performance from their external storage. More than likely, 99% of them won't need more than a standard HD on USB 3.
Most consumers will likely get by just fine with a single USB3 HDD. That's not the point. Someone claimed TB to be useless and that USB3 is plenty. That may be true for THEIR use case or needs, but not mine. Why is this so hard for people to grasp?
The fact is, thunderbolt is faster and will remain faster. However, its speed improvements come at staggering markups for the technology. At the end of the day, most user don't need that extra speed over USB3, the peripherals aren't available and the price is unreasonable. Everyone wants a Ferrari but most of us would be more than happy with a Z06 Vette...
That "staggering" mark-up is FUD. Read my previous post. The USB3 hardware raid that wasn't quite 50% cheaper than the Areca is a horrible piece of worthless junk that would frustrate most consumers. With the Areca I'm paying for the performance and reliability, it just so happens that the performance is even better with TB.
And before you say that YOU need it... Were in the Mac Mini forum here... These are mostly average consumers, a few gamers and some video/photo light duty editors.. The community discussing this is not enterprise pro level pc users.
Perhaps not all are pro level, but to dismiss my posts as irrelevant because it doesn't apply to anyone...well...I can't be the only one here using a Mini to do more than some (most?) people expect it to be capable of. Am I not part of the Mini community?
Silly me...
The problem with the TB argument is too many 1out of a million users on here talk up TB and make the jo-schmo user think that he needs it. That user winds up spending 100-300% more on TB technology when really he needed something much more consumer grade.
It's up to the user to research and determine what their needs are. It would be a disservice to the community to just dismiss things like TB or not talk about the advantages it has. People think the Mini is some little piece of slow Mac trash? Maybe it's because people like you keep trying to dumb it down and make it sound like less of a machine.
Im the average to above average consumer. I play a few games, edit photos occasionally and encode some video... I have a 2012 mac mini with a 2.6ghz i7, 16gb of ram and a 250gb samsung EVO and its more than I need.
For external storage of 500gb of movies, 100gb of pictures, 50gb of music and Time machine B/U's, I have two Seagate Backup Plus drives with 3TB 7200rpm Barracuda drives in them. They're USB 3.0 and they cost under $110 each.
This setup is more than adequate and would work for nearly every user in the mac mini thread.
Personally, I prefer people to speak and think for themselves. I don't think anyone needs you speak for them. By all means, relay your usage and setup, but making assumptions and speaking for others...no thanks.
Im sticking by what I said about TB. Its awesome stuff, but the people who need it already have it. The people who don't need it, are the ones asking if they need it.
Bill
Last time I checked, I'm not telling anyone that they need it or should be using it instead of USB3. I'm providing my experience and usage with it and a couple of you keep dismissing TB as useless and being no better than USB3. That's your opinion and you have a right to it, but repeating over and over that a Mustang is as good as a Porsche will never make it true, then to tell a Porsche owner that uses their Porsche at the track to its full potential that they're wrong and that the Mustang would be a good enough alternative is just a joke.
This isn't a USB3 forum. This is a Mac Mini forum. Everything I've posted is about my Mini and how I use it. If someone feels like they need or what a similar setup, great. Now they have some info on it. It's up to them to decide if they want to spend the money on it, it's not up to you or me to tell them how to spend their money. It's our job to provide information and talk about our experiences so that they can make an educated decision.
I'm sorry that some of you feel the need to talk negatively about a technology that you don't use yourself and it's a shame that someone would have to defend their use of it. That's not how a community should work.
Have a nice day.
