7/12/2013

[macsupport] Digest Number 9650

3 New Messages

Digest #9650
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Thunderbolt Dual Drive Dock by "Denver Dan" denverdan22180
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Re: Thunderbolt Dual Drive Dock by "T Hopkins" todhop

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Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:43 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Denver Dan" denverdan22180

Howdy.

And now more Thunderbolt stuff coming out.

Finally a Thunderbolt device a bit more affordable.

HighPoint, RocketStor RS512 Drive Dock (HighPoint Technologies, Inc.)

$199.00 USD at Amazon.

<http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series_RS5212-overview.htm>

This is a drive dock like the Thermaltake BlacX and Voyager Q.

Good Stuff:
- Two bays can hold two 3.5 inch hard drives, or, two 2.5 inch hard
drives, or mix them, or works with SSD drives.
- One Thunderbolt port.

Bad Stuff.
It would be more flexible is it had a USB AND a Thunderbolt port.

I've never heard of the HighPoint brand.

Does anybody have an opinion of the brand quality good or bad?

Denver Dan

Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:50 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"T Hopkins" todhop

Highpoint has been around for a long time and is generally respected. The Highpoint Rocket RAID card is used a lot in the video business.

$200 for a drive dock is nuts. My eSATA drive docks cost me $35. Thunderbolt is an interesting device as a high performance bus for RAIDs or CPU connection, but it's simply not competitive in with applications that can be handled by HDMI, Mini-display, and USB 3. Apple needs to get the price down, but I don't see how that can happen.

Cheers,
tod

On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:43 PM, Denver Dan wrote:

> Howdy.
>
> And now more Thunderbolt stuff coming out.
>
> Finally a Thunderbolt device a bit more affordable.
>
> HighPoint, RocketStor RS512 Drive Dock (HighPoint Technologies, Inc.)
>
> $199.00 USD at Amazon.
>
> <http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series_RS5212-overview.htm>
>
> This is a drive dock like the Thermaltake BlacX and Voyager Q.
>
> Good Stuff:
> - Two bays can hold two 3.5 inch hard drives, or, two 2.5 inch hard
> drives, or mix them, or works with SSD drives.
> - One Thunderbolt port.
>
> Bad Stuff.
> It would be more flexible is it had a USB AND a Thunderbolt port.
>
> I've never heard of the HighPoint brand.
>
> Does anybody have an opinion of the brand quality good or bad?
>
> Denver Dan
>
>

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Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:47 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"N.A. Nada"

Yeah, little details like being in a RV campground and using their WiFi bandwidth, makes a big difference.

Since it is possibly remote, it is probably worse than WiFi in a motel or hotel.

On Jul 11, 2013, at 7:26 PM, Denver Dan wrote:

Well, that makes the issue something different.

I'd try going home to see if YouTube works! :-)

Denver Dan

On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:37:31 +0000, halboye18 wrote:
> I'm using wifi at an RV campground.... think I'll wait to see what
> happens at the next place we stop.
>
> thanks to all of you who responded, hal

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