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External storage is painfully slow without USB-C, at least on my two older Macs. The MacBook Pro has an internal 256GB SSD, so that is fast, but I can’t really do much processing via files stored in external SSDs since that is too slow. So I have to use the internal SSD for processing data and external storage for backup or to move enough data off of internal SSD to allow good performance. Certainly doable, but a PITA when dealing with huge photo libraries.
My 2014 MacBook Pro has a Thunderbolt (2?) port, but those drives are too expensive so I’ve never tried them.
I sure miss the days when you could easily build your own WinTel box for a reasonable price. Too bad we never had that ability with Macs. Oh well, my 2012 Mini and 2014 MacBook Pro are still working fine. Hopefully they last several more years.
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