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 Why is Thunderbolt™ technology special?
Solution The Thunderbolt™ interface is characterized by unprecedented high speeds.

USB 2.0 external storage solutions for the Mac are limited to about 35MB/s, and FireWire 800 solutions are limited to about 80MB/s.  On the other hand, Thunderbolt™ technology allows for the full exploitation of the speed of modern drives.

Elgato Thunderbolt ™ SSD, with its built-in flash memory, can reach data transfer rates up to 270MB/s, which isn't possible even with current USB 3 drives.




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Created On: 27 Feb 2012 10:40 PM

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