Thunderbolt 5 continues to be pretty new, with the latest MacBook Professional bringing the innovative expertise to the plenty. Different World Computing simply introduced a brand new piece of {hardware} that takes benefit of Thunderbolt 5’s pace increase, providing exterior SSD efficiency that approaches built-in storage speeds.

Categorical 1M2 80G transportable SSD enclosure

OWC’s new Categorical 1M2 80G transportable SSD enclosure is designed for creators and professionals who want critical efficiency on the go. The bus-powered drive connects over Thunderbolt 5 however stays totally appropriate with Thunderbolt 4 and USB4 Macs, making it a versatile choice for present and future {hardware}.

Thunderbolt 5 is at the moment restricted to Apple’s newest M4 Professional and M4 Max MacBook Professional fashionsthe M4 Professional Mac miniand the newest Mac Studioso this drive is able to make the most of the cutting-edge ports whereas nonetheless supporting the overwhelming majority of Macs in use at the moment.

By way of efficiency, OWC advertises spectacular real-world speeds above 6,000 MB/s, placing the Categorical 1M2 80G within the ballpark of Apple’s inside SSDs on latest MacBook Professional fashions.

Whereas inside drives are nonetheless sooner in most sequential switch checks, this Thunderbolt 5 transportable resolution comes surprisingly shut. In some workflows, like random reads and writes, it could actually even maintain a bonus.

For these causes, it’s a compelling resolution for offloading massive video tasks, operating apps from exterior storage, or managing multi-terabyte picture libraries.

The all-aluminum chassis doubles as a warmth sink to take care of sustained switch speeds with out the necessity for followers.

Past the Mac, OWC says the drive works seamlessly with PCs, iPad Professional, Chromebooks, and even Microsoft Floor gadgets.

Availability

Customers can purchase the $219 enclosure and set up their very own NVME M.2 SSD as much as 8TB, or order a pre-configured model from OWC beginning at $349 for 1TB and scaling as much as $1,299 for 8TB.

The OWC Categorical 1M2 80G is out there now immediately from OWC and Amazon.