so can we put a 2 tb drive in macbooks and mac minis?
Seagate/Samsung M9T, 5400RPM
so can we put a 2 tb drive in macbooks and mac minis?
This is 40% irrelevant because Im more upset about the SSD version of this drive, but its the same enclosure, so if for some reason people wanted to boot off of this mechanical drive they have the same problem I do.
I like to use two monitors. I do graphic design and its just plain helpful. Unfortunately, on my 2011 iMac there's only one thunderbolt port. My monitor is not an apple one, so it has to go on the end of the TB chain, except, this drive only has one port, so it ALSO has to go at the end. I get either super fast boot times, or a second monitor. Bummer.
This is 40% irrelevant because Im more upset about the SSD version of this drive, but its the same enclosure, so if for some reason people wanted to boot off of this mechanical drive they have the same problem I do.
I like to use two monitors. I do graphic design and its just plain helpful. Unfortunately, on my 2011 iMac there's only one thunderbolt port. My monitor is not an apple one, so it has to go on the end of the TB chain, except, this drive only has one port, so it ALSO has to go at the end. I get either super fast boot times, or a second monitor. Bummer.
USB speeds are burst, not sustained. USB devices are not daisy-chainable. many apple products do not have USB 3 ports.
Is there a point to Thunderbolt connected to a single 5400 RPM drive?
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What is the point of a single disk Thunderbolt enclosure for $300 when a USB3 one is much less and offers the same performance?
Bring the 512GB and 1TB SSD LaCie Rugged USB 3.0
Thunderbolt Series!
USB 3.0 (a.k.a. SS or SuperSpeed) is a bi-directional protocol:Remember that Thunderbolt (like FireWire) is bi-directional, which USB is not.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#USB_3.0
Communication is full-duplex in SuperSpeed transfer mode; in the modes supported previously, by 1.x and 2.0, communication is half-duplex, with direction controlled by the host.
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What is the point of a single disk Thunderbolt enclosure for $300 when a USB3 one is much less and offers the same performance?
Spinning disks != rugged. Whatever genius thought of marketing a spinning disk as a rugged device MUST own stock in a data recovery company or two.
Any other bright ideas because this sub 100MB/s spinner drive in a TB case crap is for the birds, just about useless....
Why is everyone complaining about the 5400 rpm. Is there a HDD manufacture out the that makes a 7200 rpm 2.5" 2TB HDD?
There is no point, at all.
There are Macs with Thunderbolt but no USB 3.0 or FireWire.
Which ones are those?
When Thunderbolt was first released USB 3.0 was no where to be found on any Mac's....it was a relatively upsetting balance for allot. Go look it up.
When Thunderbolt was first released USB 3.0 was no where to be found on any Mac's....it was a relatively upsetting balance for allot. Go look it up.
All current Apple products support USB 3.0 (with the exception of the dated Mac Pro). If you are willing to put in the money for a $300 external drive with Thunderbolt, don't you think you should have the money to have a recent computer as well?
I dont need to, I'm an owned of one of those macs and mine has Firewire. I've never had the need to use Thunderbolt... and thats largely in part of the fact that my macbook has more thunderbolt ports than I have ever seen thunderbolt devices on store shelves: ZERO.
I guess you don't have a Best Buy near you. I've seen plenty of Thunderbolt drives there.
This would be a take my damn money moment. But it's not 7200 rpm.
What does that mean? How less manageable is a USB connection then a Thunderbolt connection?