Why is Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adaptor so slow?
Using the thunderbolt port and the Seagate go flex thunderbolt adapter… I expected a speed increase in data transfer. Instead, it seems I have a very expensive hard drive dock with no real thunderbolt advantages at all. As far as I can tell, I'm only getting USB two speeds.
I purchased the adapter hoping for some additional speed as promised both by Apple and by Seagate. I reformatted one of my Seagate external drive cases that fit the adapter then tested it for speed… I was very disappointed! FireWire 800 is much faster and that doesn't seem to make any sense.
The other reason for purchasing the adapter was to plug in a 6G SSD drive and take advantage of the manufacturer and Apple guaranteed Sustained Data Rates up to 559MB/s Read, 527MB/s Write. ALSO… And most importantly to avoid having to take apart my computer and installed the drive inside the case.
I have searched through post after post here and have found no answers. I'm wondering if Seagate is lying (or greatly exaggerating) that this adapter will give you the same speeds as if the drive was installed internally. I mean come on… Isn't that what the thunderbolt port is all about?
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), Quad Core i7