Testseek.com have collected 48 expert reviews of the Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt SSD USB3/Thunderbolt HD-PA-TU3S and the average rating is 73%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt SSD USB3/Thunderbolt HD-PA-TU3S.
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48 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: With the invention of the Thunderbolt interface, portable storage solutions have begun to transition allowing for increased performance, and even more than what we saw from USB 3.0. The Thunderbolt interface allows for users of Macintosh computers the muc...
Low price compared to other Thunderbolt drives, Reasonably fast, Great design, Time Machine compatibility
Standard hard drive limits speed, No second Thunderbolt port
Overall the Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt is a decent Thunderbolt drive that performs well, but doesn't do enough to justify the upgrade if you're a PC user, thanks to the bottleneck created by using a standard hard drive. However, it is still a lot ch...
Abstract: Thunderbolt is the name used for a technology used to connect external hard drives and other devices to your computer (your computer and the device must both have Thunderbolt ports). It's expensive, but if you work professionally with very big files, it ...
Clean, solid built, Thunderbolt and USB3.0 support, Excellent speeds
No bundled software, No FireWire support
Without a doubt, the great transfer speeds and solid build easily makes the Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt a force to be reckoned with. You may miss the lack of FireWire support and the few preloaded software that would've been useful, but as a Thunderb...
Dual interface offerings makes it versatile, Decent USB 3.0 performance
Expensive, Bulky for a portable drive, No Thunderbolt daisy-chain capability, Thunderbolt has no advantage on basic HDDs
Like its soft and muted exterior, the Buffalo MinStation Thunderbolt performance on its Thunderbolt interface wasn't outstanding.We applaud the efforts of Buffalo in their efforts to bring Thunderbolt to the masses in the form of this portable HDD drive t...
Excellent speeds on both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 and neat design,
Relatively slow hard drive doesn't take advantage of Thunderbolt so both USB 3.0 & Thunderbolt speeds are identical.
There’s no doubt that the Buffalo 500GB MiniStation Thunderbolt is a very capable and very fast drive. The only downside, if you can consider it as such, is that the internal 2.5-inch drive is what actually limits the performance of Thunderbolt, so muc...
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Published: 2013-01-14, Author: Thomas , review by: computerwoche.de
Abstract: Die Buffalo Ministation Thunderbolt bietet neben einem Thunderbolt-Anschluss auch einen Anschluss für USB 3.0. Man kann die Festplatte darum mit allen Rechnern verbinden, die einen der beiden Anschlüsse haben, beispielsweise mit den neuen Retina-Macbooks ...
