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I agree. I was glad to find that it is easy to upgrade the RAM, it would be awesome if the hard drive was just as easy. I ended up going the external thunderbo
by mej10 13y ago
I agree. I was glad to find that it is easy to upgrade the RAM, it would be awesome if the hard drive was just as easy.
I ended up going the external thunderbolt SSD upgrade route, since I didn't really feel comfortable pulling apart my expensive new computer. It works great, but has obvious down sides.
- gr2020 13y agoWhat obvious downsides are you referring to? In the past it was performance, but that's not an issue with thunderbolt...
- Qerub 13y agoI have the same setup with an external Thunderbolt SSD (from LaCie). I'm aware of the following downsides: * The only Thunderbolt port on my 2011 iMac is occupied. * I can accidentally remove my system disk if I'm clumsy (and crash my system). * I can't hide the disk and can see it if I stand beside the desk. No biggies in other words. Very happy with the setup.
- nknighthb 13y ago> The only Thunderbolt port on my 2011 iMac is occupied. An unfortunate design flaw specifically on LaCie's part. As with FireWire before it, and SCSI before that, Thunderbolt is a daisy-chain interface. Single-port devices in such ecosystems are best considered defective.
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoAnd even then, if you have one device with only one Thunderbolt port, you can always place it at the end of the chain.
- mej10 13y agoYep, these are the ones I was referring to. Nothing major, and I do like my setup.
- mmagin 13y agoAs someone with a 3 year old Mac Mini desktop because I was cheap -- External drives really clutter up a desk. Of course, now even Mac Pro customers don't get the space to add more storage internally.