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I 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 occup
by Qerub 13y ago
I 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.