It was a question...

by MusicianMBA - 4/23/12 6:29 PM

In Reply to: Cool idea. by R. Proffitt Moderator

It was a question, but I'm sure you knew that.. happy

I can't do testing myself for a few reasons :

1.) MacBook Pro is dead (http://forums.cnet.com/7723-21565_102-561465/reviving-a-dead-early-2008-macbook-pro/)

2.) MacBook Air has no FireWire ports, and any adapters are extremely scarce and expensive

3.) I don't own the LaCie Thunderbolt drive (yet), and I am not going to purchase it, unless I can make sure that the performance will be at least the same or better. (That Thunderbolt drive is not cheap.. and I would need at least two)

Which is why I asked my question about these.

So, I was hoping that experts here can contribute something helpful. At least in theory, people here are better informed than me about how these things work I believe... While I know that Thunderbolt drives are not widespread as of yet, somebody might be familiar with the connection types and drive speeds.

Anyway, working with 2TB of media files on a daily basis connected by USB is a painful experience. So again, any suggestions would be highly appreciated!