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Portable Thunderbolt drive promises 750MB/sec speeds for $799

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  1. Rick TechSpot Staff Posts: 6,248   +38

    Promise Technology today announced the availability of what it claims to be the world's fastest ultra-portable storage device with Thunderbolt connectivity: the Pegasus J2. At the time of this writing, the J2 appears to only be available at the Apple...

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    Rick, Oct 10, 2012
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  2. NTAPRO TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 576   +44

    Thunderbolt drive...

    Sounds kinda catchy lol
    NTAPRO, Oct 10, 2012
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  3. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,946   +120

    Yeah - it'll catch lots of weenies and the price will certainly create a class divide for a while. [I'm in the "cannot afford this" class btw]
    LNCPapa, Oct 10, 2012
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  4. NTAPRO TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 576   +44

    :eek: Only at apple stores. What would be beneficial from having such high speeds?
    NTAPRO, Oct 10, 2012
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  5. ikesmasher TechSpot Addict Posts: 1,117   +80

    So you can backup your entire laptop in 2 minutes! you know.
    ikesmasher, Oct 10, 2012
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  6. ghasmanjr TechSpot Booster Posts: 241   +42

    "What makes the Pegasus J2 so expensive? Well, I'm not really sure"

    I'm just going to point out the elephant in the crowd...the Apple tax.
    ghasmanjr, Oct 10, 2012
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  7. Darth Shiv TechSpot Maniac Posts: 686   +49

    Other parties supply Thunderbolt cables nowadays. How many people have boards that support it though?
    Darth Shiv, Oct 10, 2012
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  8. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,303   +291

    I was wondering when they were going to start an SSD raid configuration in a portable enclosure. BTW, is this the first drive or is it just the first drive I have seen?
    cliffordcooley, Oct 10, 2012
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  9. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,946   +120

    First one I've seen using mSATA, but there has been at least one using regular 2.5" SSDs released by Lacie.
    LNCPapa, Oct 10, 2012
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  10. Darth Shiv TechSpot Maniac Posts: 686   +49

    Never complain about too much speed. It's a great enabler.

    It's a bit disappointing it had taken this long for a 10Gbit serial tech to hit the market. With SSD tech it is already a bottleneck. Just look at Revodrive 3 X2 transfer speeds. It is so easy to just parallel up more data bus lanes and see proportional bw gains.
    Darth Shiv, Oct 11, 2012
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  11. VitalyT TechSpot Addict Posts: 579   +115

    What an incredible waste of money!!!

    Today I can get 2 x Samsung 840 (256GB) for about $570 (512GB in total). In RAID 0 they will perform faster than 750MB/s on SATA-III.

    So, the extra $930 is for the thunderbolt disk case? Really?
    VitalyT, Oct 11, 2012
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  12. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,303   +291

    That would be the first Thunderbolt case to support mSata in a raid configuration.

    Of-coarse they are going to want royalties for being the first ones out the door with it. Sounds very much like any other company in existence.
    cliffordcooley, Oct 11, 2012
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  13. davislane1 TechSpot Booster Posts: 367   +80

    I saw the price and laughed.
    davislane1, Oct 11, 2012
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