If you look at the majority of 2008-2010 Macs, you then step down to SATA II and 3 Gb/s data rates and max out at 800 Mb/s data rates for external devices with FireWire-800 ports. In most Macs of this vintage, you’re looking at Thunderbolt 1 as your best option for external devices (in 20 Macs) and are thus limited to bi-directional 10 Gb/s, which indeed is nearly double the 6 Gb/s offered by SATA III and these Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge Macs. Many are getting long in the tooth and have limited external upgrade potential or simply can’t even keep up with the best options offered today in terms of approaching optimal throughput for external graphics (also known as eGPU) or getting the most out of blazing fast NVMe storage.
Imagine the average 8-12 year old Mac sitting on your desk today. All brand names and product names used in this document are trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective holders.Expansion and I/O Challenges with Older Macs AKiTiO does not make any representations or warranties (implied or otherwise) regarding the accuracy and completeness of this document and shall in no event be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages. Information in this article is subject to change without notice. If the system crashes when the external drive is attached, we recommend formatting the drive in your computer first, before installing it in the external hard drive enclosure.īoot Camp was installed according to the instructions found on Apple's Boot Camp Support Software page. (Tested: Fujitsu Quadro-m PCIe SSD 480GB) Install the corresponding PCIe card driver from the manufacturer's website. Following test results are therefore intended for reference only and results may vary on the test environment!įollowing test results are intended for reference only and results may vary on the test environment.
Even if the product has been certified for Windows, this does NOT include systems that are running Windows on a Mac with the help of Boot Camp. Please note that Boot Camp is NOT part of the Thunderbolt™ compatibility testing and certification process by Apple and Intel. For more details, please see Apple's Boot Camp Support page.Īt the time the following test was done, the latest version of Apple's Boot Camp Support Software was dated Feb 11, 2014. Apple's Boot Camp is software included with Mac OS X, so you can run compatible versions of Microsoft Windows on an Intel-based Mac.
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