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SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD Offers Blazing-Fast Speeds

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At CES 2019, SanDisk introduced a new Extreme PRO Portable SSD with a significant kick to its transfer speeds. The prior Extreme (no “pro” attached) models have been popular external drives among the photography crowd thanks to the relative affordability (particularly when on sale) and the speeds we get out of the SSD drive.

While the prior Extreme models yielded up to 550MB/s transfer speeds, the new generation of Extreme PRO drives pushes the data transfer rates up to 1GB/s and take full advantage of the USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface speed. SanDisk achieves these speeds thanks to the use of NVMe drives instead of an M.2 SATA SSD in the existing Extreme.

The new Extreme PRO Portable SSD drives come in the same 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacity and will retails for $199, $349 and $599, respectively. The new drives will ship in Q2 this year. You can find out more about the new models on SanDisk’s website.

 

Deal: Samsung 500GB T5 Portable SSD Drive for $99

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B&H has the Samsung 500GB T5 portable SSD drive for $99.99 (reg. $154.99). This is the lowest I’ve seen this drive so far. It is native USB-C but comes with a standard USB-A cable as well. Check it out here at B&H Photo.

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Deal: Lexar 512GB SL100 USB 3.1 Portable SSD for $109

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B&H has the Lexar 512GB SL100 USB 3.1 portable SSD drive for $109.99 (reg. $169.99). It offers write speeds up to 400MB/s and is compatible with PC and Mac. The is good through July 7, 2018. Check it out while it lasts here at B&H Photo.

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Crucial SSD Upgrade Made My Old MacBook Pro Better than New

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Crucial SSD MacBook Pro Swap

I had an aging MacBook Pro. It’s a 2011 model, which I believe is the first model with Thunderbolt. And while the Thunderbolt connectivity has been great, the internal 5400RPM hard drive has gotten slower and slower over the years.

After hearing plenty of reports on the benefits of upgrading to an internal SSD drive in these MacBook models, I finally bit the (surprising affordable) bullet and picked up a Crucial 512GB SSD for a little over $200. [Read more…]