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What obvious downsides are you referring to? In the past it was performance, but that's not an issue with thunderbolt...
by gr2020 13y ago
What 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.