I think it’s not a standard M.2 connector.In theory, could you add a second M.2 drive withouta fleecingassistance from Apple? In this picture, you can see there are two M.2 slots, so perhaps the second drive could be added without dealing with any T2 chip issues? Or has anyone confirmed that there is really no communication to the mainboard without going through the T2 chip in either slot?
(source: iFixIt)
What it’s strange is: why two connectors ? No proprietary option for an added T2 SSD is offered so far...
I completely agree with you. I do see that an iMac like all-in-one has a place as a lower end "professional looks" for front desks etc. Although in these situation, a small Mac mini sized PC under the desk maybe a better solution, particularly if other peripheral like a barcode scanner are required. Maybe there is a market for screens that look great from the back and front for situations like this. The fact that very few Windows PCs are iMac like all-in-ones is a sign that all-in-ones are rarely the best solution. Much of success of the iMac is that it is the only desktop Mac in its price range, Apple effectively is forcing people to buy an all-in-one.
| Apple | newegg.ca | |
| 1TB | $400 | $169.99 |
| 2TB | $800 | $449.99 |
| 4TB | $1400 | $699.99 |
Isn’t the point to be able to use the T2 as the disk controller for the NAND modules for on the fly encryption and decryption? Most of Apple’s other implementations of this have the flash soldered to the logic board; on the Mac Pro, the flash is on a socketed module.
I think there are no Boot Camp drivers available yet from Apple. This is apparently not unusual for newly released machines. Apple could do better here
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Yup because in LUKS I have much more control of the header which contains the volume key I can put the header of the volume into a separate USB drive so that when I boot my system it will need the USB drive and without it it will be impossible to decrypt the whole drive. I can set the iteration to a time function meaning instead of number of iteration like 100,000 for Veracrypt I can have it in 20 seconds. Meaning the key derivation will take 20 seconds in my current machine. It may make may wait 20 seconds before it can decrypt the whole drive and boot but it will significantly protect the system from brute force attack. I can also backup the whole header in case of disk corruption I still have the option to be able to decrypt maybe not the whole disk because portions of it is corrupted but some portion of the disk and retrieve some of my data. And also since it is open source and has been audited by third party I am pretty sure that there is no backdoor. Is that enough to be considered much better?
The SSD connects to the T2 chip. I suspect the T2 chip connects directly to the northbridge. In theory, it could be faster than PCI-e.
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You might try CDW, they claim 5-7 days to ship.Sorry to revive this thread. I had placed an order for this Sonnet card but due to some logistics (we are all human!), my order was not processed in time to get one of these, so now I am waiting on backorder until mid-March. Does anybody know of a third-party site where I might still find one of them? I have been digging and digging and did not manage to find one:
My Samsung sticks will be sad to not have a home. They are ready to do some computing!Sonnet M.2 4x4 PCIe Card (Four M.2 NVMe SSD slots on a PCIe 3.0 x16 card • Add your own SSDs)
Four M.2 NVMe SSD Slots On a PCIe 3.0 x16 Card.
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That might be true, but...so the base price is now 3K more, or double. So, as a thought, from the time when you started working till now, (that is a long time ago because when I bought my first Mac it was a IICX and it was $3400 used) Is your salary not close to doubled?
Aajeevlin, I will commend you on the responsible on the spending habits. I will admit to feeling somewhat similar as it is very expensive to keep up with technology.
