seagate drives for mac, thunderbolt and usb?

Seagate Drives , Thunderbolt And Usb? Free Shipping Add

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Seagate Dashboard pre-loaded on drive Model: STBW1000100 Item: 9SIAK81B694652 Return Policy: View Return Policy 109.99 Free Shipping Add to cart Compare Seagate Backup Plus for Mac 500GB 2.5 USB 2.0 Portable Drive Model STBW500100 Type: External Operating Systems Supported: Mac OS X 10.6 or higher or Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system Package Contents: Seagate Backup Plus drive.

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Currently using FW 800 and it is noticeably faster than USB 2.0. As stated it is upgradeable to TB, but for 200.

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If I was buying one of the new iMacs that are coming out, I would buy a USB 3.0 drive but the older iMac only has USB 2.0.

My question is: should I spend the extra and pick up a Thunderbolt drive for the faster speeds or will a USB 2.0 drive be good enough I plan on storing all our home video files on the external hard drive and will be using iMovie a lot to edit and create projects.

Will I notice better performance using iMovie with a Thunderbolt drive for my video content or will USB 2.0 be fine Thanks.

If you dont want to spend for a TB drive I would get a FW800 drive and blow off USB2 all together.

Personally, I will not spend another nickel on Firewire unless it is necessary for a specific type of device that has no other reasonable alternative (ex: some pro audio equipment is only available in FW).

You probably have to buy all of your drives from the same vendor.

I have USB 2.0, USB 3.0, Firewire, and Thunderbolt interfaces.

I use the best interface matched to which computer I am using.

Over time. the Firewire interface is becoming obsolete.

I have two Seagate Thunderbolt drives with my 2011 imac and I will never go back to USB2.0.

The difference in speed is HUGE.

I have seen videos of guys using SSDs while using OSX Disk Utilities raid and getting almost 1,000 Mps.

Besides, Thunderbolt is starting to show up in the PC world, so it will become main stream very soon.

Given the ports on the new Macbooks and iMacs, FW and USB 2 are deadens.

Its the same Seagate Backup Plus 2TB FW800 drive I posted earlier.

I have gone to the Best Buy website to purchase at their listed price of 149.99.

Both times I have picked up the drive they have charged me 97.99.

You can then buy the upgrade adapter from Seagate for 189.

So for less than 300 you get an excellent 2TB thunderbolt drive.

I can show you receipts from what I am talking about and I am not certain if it works for everyone.

I use the drive exclusively for storing HD video and iMovies.

Currently using FW 800 and it is noticeably faster than USB 2.0.

As stated it is upgradeable to TB, but for 200.

Seagate Drives For Mac, Thunderbolt And Usb?