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philiparcario
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t-bolt is better but they are holding back gear and charging a ffff'ing fortune for it.
The promise pegasus r6 is a great piece of gear but it is 1500 bucks most of use do not want a piece of gear that good.
if they put out the pegasus r6 at 400 with no drives it would sell like a mofo.
I am not sure if that makes money for them but there needs to be a working price point. maybe 600 makes money for them for the r6 and 400 makes a profit for the r4. I have an r6 and it is really nice. lets me have super fast boot drives and raid setups.
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devo
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My original MiniStack is still going strong. I did end up ripping the fan out of it though. That sucker was annoying.
I wouldn't mind having the new model under my 2010 mini. I just sort of need an excuse to buy another external. I must be the lucky one out there that never has hard drive failures. |
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Fox
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Assuming that usb3 is faster than FW800, is there a cable that connects the thunderbolt port in the mini to a usb3 port?
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Bandit Bill
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| Fox wrote: | | Assuming that usb3 is faster than FW800, is there a cable that connects the thunderbolt port in the mini to a usb3 port? |
USB3 is substantially faster 5.0Gbps vs. 800Mbps.
I've never seen an adapter. I doubt very much that one will ever exist. |
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philiparcario
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Bandit Bill wrote: | | Fox wrote: | | Assuming that usb3 is faster than FW800, is there a cable that connects the thunderbolt port in the mini to a usb3 port? |
USB3 is substantially faster 5.0Gbps vs. 800Mbps.
I've never seen an adapter. I doubt very much that one will ever exist. |
you are most likely correct. but new atx boards have t-bolt
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2012Mm base 2.5 with 16gb ram diy fusion drive
2012Mm quad with 8gb ram oem 1tb hdd
promise pegasus r6 3x 3tb + 3x 4tb =21tb hdds
lacie little big disk 2x 512gb ssds
synology 2tb disk station |
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Bandit Bill
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| philiparcario wrote: | | new atx boards have t-bolt |
This is welcome news for everyone.
It's funny because this will have more of a positive effect for the Mac community than the Windows users because they already have USB 3 as a heathy alternative.
Apple should get onboard with USB3 as well. |
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philiparcario
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Ben Tex
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| philiparcario wrote: | | external gpu!!! |
I don't think they will be cheap, but I'm interested in learning more. Especially with Apple sort of heading back to Intel-based graphics in everything. |
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