On Dec 23, 2013, at 5:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 04:54:40PM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> >> Stan, >> >> Just one question/comment: >> Why would you have an external SSD and internal HD? > > Because Apple prices on upgrading a hard drive are on the far side > of rapacious. I've also heard rumors that upgrading internal drives > on some of the new macs (macbooks anyways) cannot be done without a > soldering iron. In any case, upgrading the HD in my older iMac > looked like it would be a major pain. > >> While I don't have my own experience with Thunderbolt, all other >> interfaces (USB 3.0, eSATA, FW-400, FW-800, and even FW-3200) are >> inferior to SATA-3 >> (not counting SAS-600 which is nominally on par with SATA3) >> Thuderbolt is the only one that seems to be exceeding what SATA-3 can do. > > My understanding is that Thunderbolt is basically an external SATA. > I think I posted some tests I did a little while ago that showed my > USB-3 SSD outperforming the internal spinny drive. I think the theoretical > speeds are 6GbS to the drive and 5GbS over USB 3. > >> >> So, having an external SSD drive (which I would expect to be SATA-3 >> drive?) would fully benefit from its speed only if you are connecting it >> via Thunderbolt. Are you? > > He may not be maximizing performance, but he may be maximizing his > performance for his dollar.
I think so Larry. Even if I am not absolutely maxing performance, I'll be way beyond what I've been using. > The one thing that does seem to make the > new iMac more interesting than just a mini plus a thunderbolt monitor > is that in theory it can eventually be used as a t-bolt monitor. That was definitely a major consideration for me. stan > >> >> Igor >> >> >> >> On Dec 23, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: >> >>> I held off for several weeks, thinking that the Mini and/or >>> Thunderbolt displays might be updated when the MacPro was finally >>> available, but that didn't happen. I decided not to worry about buying >>> THE computer that would last me the rest of my life, but rather buy >>> one that is good enough for what I need now and the next couple of >>> years. So I ordered the iMac. I didn't max it out; e.g., I'll add >>> memory from other sources. And I went with an old-technology internal >>> drive; an external SSD is on order that will tie into one of the USB >>> ports. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
