External Drive for my Mac

Domo

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I have a Mac Book Pro Retina and only got the 256GB disk. Kinda regretting it now! But can I get an external disk with thunder port connection and run VMs directly off it? Will it be quick enough? Would I have to opt for SSD over HDD?

Advice welcome :)
 
Domo said:
I have a Mac Book Pro Retina and only got the 256GB disk. Kinda regretting it now! But can I get an external disk with thunder port connection and run VMs directly off it? Will it be quick enough? Would I have to opt for SSD over HDD?

Advice welcome :)
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I have previously used thunderbolt ssd and it's as fast as an internal drive. If you can love with hdd speeds then you could go for that as a cheaper alternative.

I used a LaCie rugged disk when I had one but there are numerous other options.
 
At 10Gbps (20Gbps for Thunderbolt 2) you shouldn't notice any bottleneck in speeds. If you go for a normal HDD you wouldn't saturate a USB 3 connection either (5Gbps)
 
Thanks guys - and yeah was looking at the 256GB LaCie with SSD. When is says USB 3.0 Thunderbolt does that mean USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt?
 
Domo said:
Thanks guys - and yeah was looking at the 256GB LaCie with SSD. When is says USB 3.0 Thunderbolt does that mean USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt?
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it does both but there is a version with only sata3 so be careful when ordering, i had that dual port version and preferred the thunderbolt.
 
They have both ports, we use them at work as transport drives (well the older versions anyway but we have had a few usb3/TB drives come through and they definitely have both).
 
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