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Make 1TB of SSD not double the price and I’ll get one
by mentos 2y ago
Make 1TB of SSD not double the price and I’ll get one
- jascha_eng 2y agoHow much slower is it to attach an external drive here?
- kemotep 2y agoIt has thunderbolt 5 ports but the only drives capable of using that aren’t widely available or out yet and cost just as much as a base model Mac Mini. But it should be essentially the same speeds as the average internal m.2 drives it seems. https://www.owc.com/solutions/envoy-ultra https://www.owc.com/solutions/envoy-ultra
- AbuAssar 2y agoOnly the mac mini with m4 pro has thunderbolt 5
- _mlbt 2y agoIn typical average everyday use, not much at all if you get a high quality external SSD. Source: Me, with my M1 Mac mini using a Samsung T7 connected via USB. Things I use frequently are on the 256GB internal SSD, such as Office 365 and Xcode. Huge things like games that aren't a huge deal if they take a few more seconds to load are offloaded to the external. The only inconvenience this setup has caused me is that I have to periodically uninstall old iOS simulators from Xcode to keep enough free space available for OS updates.
- dark__paladin 2y agoThis a million times over. This is why Apple will always play third fiddle to Linux and even Windows for power users.