External drive to backup up-coming MBP 2016

[hajime]

Hello, I plan to buy an external drive to back up the up-coming MBP 2016. I suspect that the maxed out model could be 1TB or more. What do you think? It also seems that there will be no usb port on the new computer. Shall I still get one with old usb port and buy an adapter?

I guess if I use TM to back up, 2 or 3TB might be good. If I use CCC or other software to clone the internal drive, the backup drive should be equal or just slightly larger than the internal drive. Am I right?

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

Yes. Something with USBC should do the trick.

 

[SchneiderMan]

Future-proof yourself with a fast, slim USB-C/USB 3.1 drive like this Seagate one.
And yes, you should always go with a larger backup drive than what you currently have inside.