Thanks Steve. On Feb 5, 2013, at 1:53 AM, steve harley wrote:
> on 2013-02-04 17:52 Stan Halpin wrote >> I am in a similar quandary with Larry. I've considered the used-MacPro >> option but am a bit put off that the built in external connections are >> USB2.0 (rather than 3.0) and FW400 or FW800 rather than FW800 or >> Thunderbolt. I suppose there are workarounds, but doesn't it make sense to >> take full advantage of built-in connectors before adding card(s) to the box? > > there is nothing wrong with leaving connections unused > > and there are 4 free SATA slots in a stock Mac Pro (the #2 5.25" optical bay, > plus three open 3.5" drive bays, and you might make up some of the power > inefficiency of Mac Pro vs. other Macs by running internal drives versus a > farm of ad hoc external drives) > > but for externals i'd consider adding a USB 3 card to the Mac Pro, since > these now outperform FW800 and are cheaper (though i don't think you can boot > from a drive on such a card) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
