Comments on: Elgato Thunderbolt SSD hands-on http://www.slashgear.com/elgato-thunderbolt-ssd-hands-on-13218136/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mapekz http://www.slashgear.com/elgato-thunderbolt-ssd-hands-on-13218136/#comment-193889 Mapekz Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=218136#comment-193889 Not until Ivy Bridge unleashes native USB3, that is. And when ThunderBolt becomes native to the chipset (post-IB) it will defeat USB3 in raw performance yet again.

Also, the author made sure to point out that MacBooks do not have USB3 or eSATA at the moment, so this Thunderbolt SSD is quite an achievement for Macs.

]]> By: SpaceCaptainWarlock http://www.slashgear.com/elgato-thunderbolt-ssd-hands-on-13218136/#comment-193352 SpaceCaptainWarlock Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=218136#comment-193352 You glossed over this, but USB 3.0 can achieve the same performance at a fraction of the cost.

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