Base Model 500GB Storage Options

[superdudeo]

It's seems a little ridiculous that the base model only has 500GB, I mean the difference in price for an extra 500GB would be negotiable for Apple. Anyway, aside from this rant, what options are available for additional storage? I would be looking at something wireless with maximum transfer rates. Could I buy something to take advantage of the thunderbolt port?

Thanks in advance.

 

[flopticalcube]

The only TBolt options at the moment are very expensive. Either USB or fw800 drive are the only viable options. You could also use a NAS on the Ethernet port but that won't be as cheap as the other options.

 

[Macman45]

External Options

Buy yourself a see-powered caddy with support for USB 3 and esata.

Buy the HDD of your choice. I use this and it works fine the caddy cost me around £25 and I have a lot of HDD's anyway, but a decent 1TB model won't cost you much. Okay, it won't look pretty, but I've hidden mine behind my iMac 🙂

 

[superdudeo]

Excuse my lack of knowledge but what is a "see-powered caddy"? Could you link me one so I have an idea? Are the transfer speeds OK? Thanks