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LaCie Rugged Dual Interface (Thunderbolt, USB 3.0) 1TB Portable Hard Drive – RUGGED

Also available: Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt 128GB SSD.

Also available: Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt 2TBīuffalo MiniStation 256GB SSD Thunderbolt & USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive – SSD.

Universal connectivity with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 and bus-powered for complete mobility, in sleek aluminium housing.

Now for a closer look at each of these in comparison: LaCie Rugged Dual Interface (Thunderbolt, USB3.0) 256GB SSD Portable Hard Drive – SSD

Elgato Thunderbolt 240 GB SSD Portable High-Speed Drive 270 MB/s in Solid Metal Enclosure , 512GB SSD – SSD.

Freecom 56278 1TB Mg Mobile Drive USB 3.0 & Thunderbolt Storage.

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WD My Passport Pro Portable 2TB RAID Thunderbolt Storage, 4TB RAID – RAID, HIGHEST CAPACITY.

G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile 1TB (USB 3.0, Thunderbolt).

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Seagate Backup Plus 1TB Thunderbolt for Mac (STBW1000401) – with included Thunderbolt adapter.LaCie Rugged Dual Interface (USB 3.0, Thunderbolt) 1TB, 2TB – RUGGED.Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt & USB 3.0 1TB, 2TB, 256GB SSD, 128GB SSD – SSD.Transcend StoreJet 500 1TB SSD Thunderbolt & USB 3.0, 512GB SSD, 256GB SSD – SSD.Transcend StoreJet 300 2TB Thunderbolt & USB 3.0 – 2TB CAPACITY.LaCie Rugged Dual Interface (Thunderbolt, USB3.0) 256GB SSD, 500GB SSD – SSD.Let’s take a quick look at our line-up of portable Thunderbolt hard drives. Top 10 Best External Thunderbolt Portable Hard Drives

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So if you work on a Mac and wishes to take full advantage of the speed available to you then why not get a portable external Thunderbolt hard drive.

Typical high performing 2.5″ Hard Disk transfer rate or throughput (read or write) is between 100MB/s to 130MB/s. High performing Solid State Drives can achieve between 340MB/s to 440MB/s, more than 3 times the throughput of conventional disk drives. The difference in performance is huge and with that the cost per Gigabyte. These portable hard drives can be based on either the conventional 2.5″ Hard Disk Drive with mechanical read head and spinning disks or Solid State Drive where NAND flash memory chips are used. While the transfer rate for Thunderbolt is 10 Gb/s and USB 3.0 is 5 Gb/s, the real performance of the device, apart from external factors such as operating system, software configuration and capacity is the hardware itself. 2.5″ Hard Disk Drive vs Solid State Drive This means, it is 4 times faster than the USB 3.0 and 20 times faster than USB 2.0 with a whole load of bandwidth to support high performance external disks, video capture device, external display and PCI Express cards using a Thunderbolt chassis for hardware expansion (Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel network, USB and Firewire peripherals). Unless specified, it is safe to assume that most portable hard drives are based on the first generation Thunderbolt. Now, the next generation Thunderbolt 2 which is already on the Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac mini and iMac with 5K display has twice the speed of the original Thunderbolt I/O bringing it up to 20 Gbps, using two 10Gbps channels. Transferring high definition movies and other large files now can take seconds versus minutes when compared with older interface technologies. While USB 3.0 is fast, at 5GBps (640MBps) which is 10 times faster than the USB 2.0 it replaces, it is still slow compared to the Thunderbolt connection.Īt 10 Gbps, Thunderbolt technology is up to 20x faster than USB 2.0 and up to 12x faster than FireWire 800. Thunderbolt is twice as fast as USB 3.0, there I said it. Let’s look at the technologies powering the portable thunderbolt hard drives in the market today.

Elgato Thunderbolt Drive+ 256GB SSD Portable High-Speed Drive 270 MB/s in Solid Metal Enclosure – SSDĬhoosing a Portable Thunderbolt Hard Drive.

Freecom 56278 1TB Mobile Drive USB 3.0 + Thunderbolt 2.5 inch Drive including Thunderbolt Cable.

WD My Passport Pro Portable 2TB RAID Storage with Integrated Thunderbolt Cable – RAID.

G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile – Portable Hard Drive (USB 3.0, Thunderbolt).

Seagate Backup Plus 1TB Thunderbolt Portable External Hard Drive for Mac (STBW1000401) – VERSATILE.

LaCie Rugged Dual Interface (Thunderbolt, USB 3.0) 1TB Portable Hard Drive – RUGGED.

Buffalo MiniStation 256GB SSD Thunderbolt & USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive – SSD.

Buffalo MiniStation 1TB Thunderbolt & USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive.

Transcend StoreJet 500 1TB SSD Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive – SLIMMEST, SSD.

Transcend StoreJet 300 2TB Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive for Mac.

LaCie Rugged Dual Interface (Thunderbolt, USB3.0) 256GB SSD Portable Hard Drive – SSD.

Top 10 Best External Thunderbolt Portable Hard Drives.

2.5″ Hard Disk Drive vs Solid State Drive.

Choosing a Portable Thunderbolt Hard Drive.