[geeks] Q about USB 3.0 vs Thunderbolt interface on Mac Mini

[Jonathan Katz]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yesterday I was at my local big box retailer looking for an external drive for
> my Mac Mini. Being a fairly recent model it has both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt
> interfaces, but I wasn't sure if there was an actual benefit to having a
> spinning HD on the faster Thunderbolt interface - thoughts?

Spinning HD (single) no ... multiple in a RAID setup, maybe, and solid
state, certainly.