Hi, I was thinking the same thing. Keep in mind, these speeds are theoretical. I'm pretty sure you won't come close to seeing them in real life. And honestly, I'm not certain those speeds are even worth that kind of money unless your job really depends on it or, you just have a lot of disposable cash around.
hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 14, 2013, at 8:28 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, it's far faster than USB. I think 2x 10 GB a second bidirectional, > though I don't know if that holds out in real world use. > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Apr 14, 2013, at 7:30 PM, "Jesus Garcia" <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes certainly they tend to be more costly, though from what I have seen >> lately the difference seems to have narrowed, my biggest reason is the write >> read speed of thunder bolt if correct as to the advertised speed seems to be >> considerably better then even USB 3.00. Regardless thanks for taking your >> time to answer my question. >> Jesus Garcia >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese >> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 19:08 >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: External Hard Drive question >> >> There are some Thunderbolt drives out there, but they tend to be a bit >> more expensive. If you take a look at Amazon or just do a Google search for >> Thunderbolt external hard drives, you will get an idea of their costs. They >> tend to be around twice or more the cost of USB HDs. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2013, at 7:02 PM, "Jesus Garcia" <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Okay thanks I thought that format issues may be the problem, but since >>> the thumb drives and SD cards have no problem I thought perhaps the >>> external hard drives behaved the same. I am considering purchasing a >>> thunder bolt capable drive to use exclusively with the Mac any ideas >>> as to which would be best? My mac book pro hard drive is 360 gig so I >>> don't need more than a 500 Gig drive. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese >>> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 18:37 >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: External Hard Drive question >>> >>> Was the drive formatted in Windows? If it is NTFS, it will only be >>> read only on the Mac. You will need to buy a product like Paragon >>> NTFS to enable the Mac to write to NTFS formatted drives. >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Director >>> Mac for the Blind >>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>> >>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> >>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 14, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Jesus Garcia <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Evening list members, I have a puzzle I can create folders, and copy >>>> files >>> perfectly fine to a thumb drive, SD card, but when I try doing the >>> same to an external hard drive I cannot do so. The drives both appear >>> in the finder, and I can open the folder and file list view, but I >>> cannot create a folder or copy from the Mac hard drive to the >>> external. These external drives are USB drives and I would like to use >>> them both on my Mac book pro and on my windows machine. 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