This comes with one Thunderbolt port. Can you daisy chain? Looks like same speed as USB 3.0, i.e. 170 MB/s. What's the advantage?
87642
no daisy chain possible. real waste of time. i gave mine back and bought a la cie with 2 thunderbolts
561661
No, I built this as a editing machine for solid works, and at my last job had two thunderbolt displays connected daisy chaining two more externals. In total I have 4 monitors running on this computer without issue. The ports are at a standard distance way from each other that two thunderbolt cables connect perfectly.
405395
I'm not 100% tech savvy, but I think the major difference would be speed, if I'm not mistaken. 3.0 is the latest standard, isn't it? I think the transfer speed makes the difference, in which case I don't mind this one because I don't have any 3.0 USB items....I'm not much help in this matter, I just needed extra ports because I've downsized from a desktop to a laptop temporarily, so when I saw this I just grabbed it. It works quite well for what it's worth. I'm sorry if it this doesn't help.
1811993
If you're referring to the DVD super drive from Apple it uses USB not thunderbolt.http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD564ZM/A/apple-usb-superdrive
2001094
We use only one with our iMac to expand connectivity and it works great. What you want to do should work fine when you consider each port is completely cloned.
199585
In general, Thunderbolt is faster/better than FireWire. But, think about how you want to use the G-Drive. FireWire connections are much more common than Thunderbolt.
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Absolutely. I actually have two of these externals and they're both hooked up by USB 2.0 to my 27" iMac which is 5 years old and doesn't have 3.0 ports. I read that 2.0 is slower but they transfer data rapidly so I don't feel like they're too slow. They're great little drives. They take up hardly any space and they are extremely quiet. I don't even hear them. I've had no trouble with them. My last hard drive was also a Porsche and I used it for 8 years without a hiccup. You won't see me buying anything but this brand because they have been so reliable.
1897256
This is USB3. My guess is you cannot do the daisy chain. Use a USB hub instead.(rear panel connectors: 1 power and 1 USB. Nothing more).
971162
Right next to the big picture of the drive, in the description, it says:"The Professional Choice for Cross-Platform Applications: The d2 Quadra has got the latest connectivity with USB 3.0 and two FireWire 800 interfaces for daisy chaining, but it is still fully compatible with, eSATA 3Gb/s, USB 2.0 and FireWire 400. It's even USB 3.0-compatible on Mac computers"So, no to Thunderbolt, yes to Mac compatibility. Amazing what you can find out by spending a moment reading the product page before you post a question.
574742
I'm able to daisy chain a second firewire drive (not another My Passport) to my Macbook Pro, and both drives work fine.
1897255
I have several USB drives daisy chained together. I'm not sure how this affects access speeds, but it works.
2086109
This drive comes with a Firewire cable, an eSATA cable and a USB 3 cable.It has two firewire ports, one USB 3 port, and One eSATA port. No Thunderbolt.
1776816
It has 1 USB 3 and 2 USB 2 ports in addition to hdmi and gigabit Ethernet port all of which run through the thunder bolt port. There is no additional Thinderbolt port though so if you want to connect any thunderbolt devices they must hav a second port
550602
Probably not. FireWire is either 400 or 800 Kbps, and both thunderbolt and USB 3 are faster.
954949
Although the device only has two thunderbolt connection. You can find adaptors that allow, USB 3, Firewire, Ethernet.
135575
USB 3.0 can't even come close to touching the speeds you get from Thunderbolt. On paper they look close, but in the real world, on everyday machines, Thunderbolt is king. I did my own test and I transferred 2TB in 2 hours with Thunderbolt, the same 2TB data I transferred with USB 3.0 took close to 8 hours.
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These are USB 2.0 ports. The space bar shows up as a USB 2.0 hub under System Information on OS X and I have verified the transmission rate using a disk benchmarking utility. I consistently get ~38MB/s r/w.