

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.

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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.

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