Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

On 12/5/24 11:35 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2024-12-05 19:32, Joel wrote:

-hh wrote:
>

Make sure to also include an NVMe benched on the open slot that's on the
slower PCIe 3 bus that you've been saying is your 'future expansion'.

>
You act as though PCI-e 3 isn't great already.

 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)>

Joel's acting as though Thunderbolt 3 wasn't great already:
* bandwidth of a PCIe 3.0 x4 is 4 gigabytes per second = 4 GB/.
* Thunderbolt 3's bandwidth is 4000 MB/s = 5 GB/s.
And 2024 Macs have TB5, which means 10 GB/sec bandwidth, enabling
an external SSD to perform like a 2TB internal Apple OEM SSD from
a 2020 vintage Mac Studio.
-hh