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The other route to go is a Thunderbolt 3 caddy with an M.2 drive. (Samsung 970 Evo would be my starting point... very close to what is in the X5). Thanks on the deliver M1 delivery times will have to see, but I need a separate MacBook Pro for misc work stuff so have to make a decision soon on what. |
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You're welcome! And again, I appreciate your time! I feel like I might actually know what I'm doing. The $599.99 price for the Samsung 2TB X5 Portable SSD @ B&H is only going to last for two more days. After that, three drives @ $699.
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I decided not to do "Migration Assist", and instead do clean installs/updates for everything. So far, so good. AS far as the 1Tb T7 goes, I have run the Black Magic test. Through a passive USB-3 port on this UNI 8-in-1hub, the T7 gets 310write/302read. Through the MacBook Air's T4 port, it gets 633write/689read. For reference, the M1 itself gets 3,166write/3,303read. I'm still installing and optimizing, so nothing to report in terms of actual use. But Protools launches fine. Audio plugins insert and open. Just a brief taste though. Haven't imported sessions or anything. UA isn't up quite yet, although someone I know was able to install UA's Big Sur update, and power up his T3 quad Satellite. But for now, I will probably update my Waves plugins, as they are ARM compatible. Installing Rosetta took 10 seconds. And all apps running through it have installed seamlessly and transparently. The computer NEVER got warm. The battery lasted from 8:30 am to 6:30pm; running virtually nonstop: downloading, installing, updating, web surfing and video watching along the process. There were also two external bus powered SSD's hooked up through the Uni hub the entire time. I wanted to run the battery down as much as possible ... Very exciting actually. Running silent and cool is absolutely a dream come true. I WOULD like to get one of the newer SSD's that boast 2gb+ per sec. Since they are now close to $700 for 2Tb, I probably will wait til spring... TimA Last edited by TimothyJohn; 12-17-2020 at 04:34 PM. |
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Neat. I have a M1 13" MacBook Pro arriving mid January. Will be fun to play with it. I hope Samsung X5 prices fall.
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