Hi Brian After doing the same thing myself (and ordering in some laptops on behalf clients as well), I think it comes down to $$$ versus usage. Definitely it will be cheaper overall to get an external drive to plug in. Or convenience to have everything inside the machine. (and how much stuff you have). I went with the 1TB SSD for my MacBook Pro, as require enough room for temp things to be put there. But generally I don’t store a lot on it, so an external USB drive is fine for “other data”. I don’t need speed of transfer or anything like that, so don’t need an SSD internal. So just a run of the mill 2TB USB 2.5” drive is more then enough for excess data. Then I can use either then miniUSB connection to USB3 or just got a straight cable that is miniUSB to USB-C connection. Then the hard drive runs on both types with the simple swap of a cable.
For adapters I ordered in a Hypderdrive “adapter” that does a lot of things. (And infact they work quite well I ended up ordering a heap in for MacWorx Joondalup as well after I showed them). It simply plugs into the USB-C port and does USB-C charge through (one USB-C port on the cable), 2x USB3 ports and 1xHDMI 4K on the end. And it’s all fairly compact as well. (and come in Silver or Space Grey to match the laptop). For most use I find this works well. I then use a Thunderbolt2 To Thunderbolt3 (USB-C) adapter as well. Though that’s more for transfers from old computers to new ones. (The other day I had Firewire800 cable into a Thunderbolt2 to Firewire adapter then into a Thunderbolt2 To Thunderbolt3 adapter. A big long connection of cables and adapters,…but it migrates directly from the old computer to the new one) :) Some of the Dock’s aren’t too bad, but again, depends on all the things you need to plug into it versus the price of them. That would be my thinking anyway. :) Hope something there helps. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 7 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 13 Jul 2017, at 3:18 pm, Brian Risbey <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > after 8 or so years it is time to move on from my MacBookPro 17”, ( think I > have had my money’s worth ;-P) > > So, if building a MacBookPro to order, should I go with the 1TB internal SSD > and buy an external SSD 2TB, with USB -C, perhaps from Samsung, for movies > and Photo Storage, cheaper option, or > Max out the internal SSD to 2 TB, expensive, but may have performance > advantages? > > Also, what are people’s thoughts on dongles vs and all-in-one dock? > > Brian > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
