Benefits of SSD ThunderBolt Drive Storage

When time is money - or when there's a TON of computer data that needs to get schlepped around, the SSD ThunderBolt Drive Benefits of ultra-fast external hard drive storage will become clear. Especially for video production working with uncompressed HD video streams. Multi-track audio recording engineers are gonna love a ThunderBolt hard drive's ability to store and retrieve a mountain of tracks and digital instruments in split seconds. Platter drives - when used in striped RAID arrays are pretty damn fast, but SSD drives in pairs or more are really going to unleash the Apple ThunderBolt port's true prowess.

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Recommended WiFi and Bluetooth Accessories For MacBook Users

Recommended Bluetooth and Wireless Mac Peripherals and Accessories for MacBook, iPad and iPhone users:  > www.mac-wireless-accessories.com - A selection of some of the latest in WiFi and Bluetooth headsets, webcams, speakers, printers, scanners and other Mac compatible wireless gear.

SSD Upgrades For Older Mac Laptops And Desktops

New Life for old Macs - Mac SSD Hard Drive Upgrades > http://www.mac-ssd-drives.com - If youv'e got an older MacBook, Mac mini, iMac or Macintosh Pro - the benefits of swapping in a solid-state drive upgrade are dramatic.

1st ThunderBolt Port Drives - Now Shipping

The first of what will be many ThunderBolt computer accessories has arrived. The Apple store online now list the Promise Technologies Pegasus 4 and 6 drive RAID arrays - the first shipping ThunderBolt drives. But you'd better have a FAT wallet, cuz this line of drives starts at $1499 and goes up from there. Clearly a high-end storage solution for high end users like Pro video editing, commercial music studio production and enterprise Mac environments.

Backlinks For Mac Website Owners

In addtion to spot-on on-page SEO optimization, the ongoing efforts to build quality backlinks to your website is critical to achieve and maintain high rankings in organic search results. Mac Link Building Tools Tips For Apple Web Masters recommends some methods for acquiring quality links with less manual effort.

USB 2.0 Getting Long In The Tooth

Some Mac gadgets like keyboards or mice don't really NEED anything beyond USB 2.0 speeds. But with our ever increasing hunger for huge music and video libraries -- backing up or copying data to a hard drive, or cloning a bootable OSX volume - even an external solid-state SSD is getting to be a long drawn-out pain.

Months have passed with new MacBook Pro and now iMac models with built-in ThunderBolt ports - and yet there's still no shipping ThunderBolt drives, cases, or drive interface adapters to make use of ThunderBolt's 10Gbps speeds. And even when solutions do ship - they'll be expensive high-end products initially - beyond the wallet of the average consumer. So far, ThunderBolt has been a big flop in the eyes of Apple's customers.

USB 3.0 IS getting traction in the PC marketplace with a growing selection of USB3 cards, drives, and SuperSpeed hubs. A few Mac USB 3.0 solutions DO exist for ExpressCard MacBooks and Macintosh Pro towers: Here, LaCie is bundling a cross-platform USB3 solution of RAID drive and SuperSpeed card bundle for Windows or Mac OSX.

It's still going to be a long, slow road to truly HIGH-SPEED gadgets on a Mac. Drives and storage solutions will come first, followed by USB 3 and ThunderBolt audio and video gear - the markets where the additional bandwidth is desperately needed today. For less demanding devices, both interfaces offer additional power, faster charging and split second sync times for handheld gadgets. The promise is just too compelling, but it may not be until 2012 that the pieces really come together. In the meantime: "Hurry up. And WAIT...."