LaCie Rugged USB-C 5TB External Hard Drive Portable HDD – USB 3.0, Drop Shock Dust Rain Resistant Shuttle Drive, for Mac and PC Computer Desktop Workstation Laptop, 1 Month Adobe CC (STFR5000800)

Description

LaCie Rugged USB-C, this specific edition of the Rugged series has a very broad variety of connectivity options. That are rather general in nature. This is a very popular edition of the Rugged series. For those of you who are Mac users and have a laptop. Or iMac that supports Thunderbolt 2 connections. The drive comes with a built-in Thunderbolt 2 connector. Which eliminates the need to remember to bring a separate cable with you at all times.

If you have a Thunderbolt 3 equipped Mac (or PC), you can connect the device. To your Thunderbolt 3 port using the included USB-C cable. As USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are both types of connection. That are compatible with each other. Despite the fact that it is not built into the drive. Such as the Thunderbolt 2 cable, it is included in the package.

A Thunderbolt 3 drive is not required for the Rugged Thunderbolt/USB-C drive to perform effectively. However, if the drive is not Thunderbolt 3, it will not function properly. Considering that Thunderbolt 2 and USB-C are already more than capable of delivering. The maximum speed of the mechanical drive. Installing a Thunderbolt 3 interface would only increase the cost of the device. While adding no benefit to the user experience.

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If your computer has USB-C ports, you can connect using the provided orange USB-C cable. Or if your computer supports prior protocols such as USB 3. You can connect using the included USB-C -> USB-A cable. As a result, since the bandwidth of USB 3 is also fast enough. To handle the maximum speed of a mechanical hard drive. There will be no speed advantages to using one connection type over another. Instead, it will simply provide you with a plethora of options to fit in with whatever system you’re using.

For the most part, you can connect this to a computer. That has one of the following connection types. Using only the components that come with it: In addition to Thunderbolt 1 and 2. While Thunderbolt 3 and USB 2 (type A), USB 3 (type A), and USB 3 (Type C), USB 3.1. It is also supported (Type C). All of these options are useful since I don’t believe you will be able. To locate a computer created in the recent 10 years. That does not have at least one of these connections.

While all of these connection choices will provide almost comparable performance. It is advantageous to have them available so that they may be readily incorporated . Into a system that has a large number of additional peripherals. Or into another person’s system while working together and exchanging data.