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nndei

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Jul 10, 2017
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Hello, I am new to the forum.
I own a 15" late 2016 MacBook Pro and I mainly use it for engineering stuff but have the passion of producing music.
I would like to have my little music world contained into a SSD and I was wondering which one to get. I was thinking about using it to boot in macOS 10.12.5, so I would install an operative system on it and all the software and plugins needed for it.
The SSD's I was thinking about are Samsung's T3 and Samsung's EVO.
I would go for the T3 for its usb c thing (no adapters needed for my MP). My main doubt is if the T3 handles the OS worse than the EVO, mainly bc I know one's external and the other's an internal SSD (and don't know if that means differences with OS installs…)
I think price wise the two have comparable prices, the EVO though is cheaper if bought without "kit" (which I don't know what is, nor if it's needed if you get a case, to be installed in it, or just for a desktop) + the money for a UASP case to run it at a fair speed. The T3 is much more compact and elegant of course.

Thank you for you precious advices,

Neri
 
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Samuelsan2001

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Oct 24, 2013
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In theory it will make no difference, just buy what you like they will both work exactly the same as far as I can tell. Its just a hard drive in an external enclosure in either case.
 

Fishrrman

macrumors Penryn
Feb 20, 2009
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I doubt that ANY SSD you buy (bare drive or "ready-to-go in an enclosure") is going to make any noticeable differerance at all.

Just about any one will do the job.
 
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