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| From | Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll |
| Date | 2016-11-14 09:54 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrno2j2dt.3g8.howard@foxtrot.local> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <071120161208313553%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071120161936178708%leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> <slrno23t81.1lpi.g.kreme@snow.local> <081120161058255140%nospam@nospam.invalid> <slrno24r3a.1rol.g.kreme@snow.local> |
On 2016-11-09, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > In message <081120161058255140%nospam@nospam.invalid> > nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: >> In article <slrno23t81.1lpi.g.kreme@snow.local>, Lewis >> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > >>> >> > No, but when they fail, and they will, you'll need to replace the >>> >> > enclosures to use larger drives anyway. >>> >> >>> >> not unless it's a *very* old enclosure. >>> >>> > I'm having a senior moment. Why doesn't Davoud just upgrade the >>> > enclosures on his external HDs to accommodate current hardware >>> >>> Possibly for the same reason he bought a FW enclosure this year, despite >>> knowing for at least half a decade that FW was EOL and would not be >>> maintained in the future. >>> >>> Thunderbolt 1 is faster than FW could ever be, Thunderbolt 2 is faster >>> still, and Thunderbolt 3 is ludicrously fast (40Gb/s v FW800's 0.8GB/s). > >> however, a single hard drive will never reach 40 gb speeds, no matter >> how it's connected. sata maxes out at 6gb/s. > > SSDs certainly are capable of speeds in that neighborhood. And, even with HDDs, a person serious about speed uses SAS. The main purpose of SATA is that it's cheap, not that it's good. Until Very Soon Now, that's been enough for me at home.
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Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-06 06:20 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-06 19:33 +1300
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-06 07:37 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-11-06 08:06 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-07 08:47 +1300
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-06 15:25 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-06 22:21 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-07 02:27 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-07 03:10 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-11-06 08:02 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-07 10:08 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-07 12:08 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-11-07 19:36 -0800
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-08 15:53 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-08 10:58 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-09 00:22 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-14 09:54 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-15 13:19 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-16 09:03 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-11-10 14:25 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-11-10 14:27 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-14 09:52 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-15 13:19 -0500
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-16 09:02 +0000
Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-08 09:14 +1300
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