Hi,
Got a few questions for those very clever people who know how macs work!
I’ve wondered for a while now what the deal is with Thunderbolt and how much data can be transferred at once. For example, the current M2 MacBook Air has 3 x TB3 ports I think. Does that mean if I plugged in three external SSD’s I could theoretically be utilising 120Gbps (3 x 40). Does this changed dependant on higher chip specs i.e. would the 16 MBP M2 Max with the same scenario perform better? I know this particular model has TB4/USB4 but I believe they still run at 40Gbps? If a 5k display is plugged in, would the other two ports run full speed?
Secondly, how does this all equate when using a TB dock. They obviously advertise a one cable to your Mac solution with PD build in. But these docks obviously have SD slots, USB C ports, USB A ports, sound, DP 1.4 etc. if the majority of these ports were all being used for something, how would that affect transfer speeds to an external SSD?
Many thanks for any explanation in advance
Got a few questions for those very clever people who know how macs work!
I’ve wondered for a while now what the deal is with Thunderbolt and how much data can be transferred at once. For example, the current M2 MacBook Air has 3 x TB3 ports I think. Does that mean if I plugged in three external SSD’s I could theoretically be utilising 120Gbps (3 x 40). Does this changed dependant on higher chip specs i.e. would the 16 MBP M2 Max with the same scenario perform better? I know this particular model has TB4/USB4 but I believe they still run at 40Gbps? If a 5k display is plugged in, would the other two ports run full speed?
Secondly, how does this all equate when using a TB dock. They obviously advertise a one cable to your Mac solution with PD build in. But these docks obviously have SD slots, USB C ports, USB A ports, sound, DP 1.4 etc. if the majority of these ports were all being used for something, how would that affect transfer speeds to an external SSD?
Many thanks for any explanation in advance
