As long as its just a 1 TB HDD inside, it can't be too overpriced. I mean, a 1 TB External can be had for as little as $100 with a Firewire 800 interface. No matter how much faster Thunderbolt is, what kind of premium could it really command over the current going rate? $50? $100? Beyond that I wouldn't bother, as you'd be spending extra on the wrong feature. If you're going to spend more than $200 on an external, it better be huge capacity, or it better be an SSD.
A 1TB HDD w/ Thunderbolt had better not cost more than $199, or the value simply won't be there.
As long as its just a 1 TB HDD inside, it can't be too overpriced. I mean, a 1 TB External can be had for as little as $100 with a Firewire 800 interface.
Lacie's drives are already $300 without Thunderbolt:
I'd expect a $50 premium for Thunderbolt but they can easily charge more. You might be better waiting until someone makes a Thunderbolt to USB 3 or eSATA adaptor and then just get a cheaper drive.
I think part of the cost with Lacie's drive must be the RAID part. They will use hardware RAID for the two separate discs to show up as one. This gives you much higher data rates than a single 1TB external drive.
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A 1TB HDD w/ Thunderbolt had better not cost more than $199, or the value simply won't be there.
As long as its just a 1 TB HDD inside, it can't be too overpriced. I mean, a 1 TB External can be had for as little as $100 with a Firewire 800 interface.
Lacie's drives are already $300 without Thunderbolt:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10278
I'd expect a $50 premium for Thunderbolt but they can easily charge more. You might be better waiting until someone makes a Thunderbolt to USB 3 or eSATA adaptor and then just get a cheaper drive.
I think part of the cost with Lacie's drive must be the RAID part. They will use hardware RAID for the two separate discs to show up as one. This gives you much higher data rates than a single 1TB external drive.