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Originally Posted by RWebb
SSD is a type of solid state memory - there is no spinning platter, no arm or magnetic head moving across the platter...
Now, I have a related question: the newer things have the Thunderbolt (fast) port on them, so are there any SSDs that can be plugged into a mac mini via that port and speed things up?
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You would still be doing a SATA to Thunderbolt conversion since no one makes a native SSD drive with a thunderbolt interface. I doubt it would be a very cost effective solution given the market size. Most SSD drives are still 3.0 GBS, the newer ones being 6, but still less common.
Economies of scale really, why build a native thunderbolt drive when you can't maximize use of the interface, and of course the interface is costly and not widely used yet.