OWC's New 1M2 80G Portable SSD Brings 6,000MB/s Speeds to Thunderbolt 5 Macs

OWC has unveiled its caller Express 1M2 80G portable SSD, bringing different accelerated Thunderbolt 5 outer retention enactment to Mac users with the latest hardware.


Providing implicit 6,000 MB/s real-world speeds, the 1M2 approaches the show level of an interior MacBook Pro drive, making it a compelling spouse for Apple's latest M4 Pro and M4 Max MacBook Pro models, not to notation the M4 Pro Mac mini and the latest Mac Studio.

The aluminum enclosure features a finned heatsink plan that means nary fans are required to support performance. Bus-powered done its included USB4 cable, the thrust besides works crossed aggregate platforms including PCs, iPad Pro, Chromebooks, and Surface devices.

OWC offers some DIY and ready-to-run configurations. Users tin acquisition the bare enclosure and instal their ain NVMe M.2 SSD, oregon prime pre-built models. The plan supports some 2280 and 2242 signifier origin drives, truthful aboriginal upgrades should beryllium straightforward.

The Express 1M2 80G maintains backward compatibility with Thunderbolt 3 and 4 systems, and starts astatine $219 for the bare enclosure, with pre-configured models ranging from $349 for 1TB to $1,299 for 8TB. The thrust is disposable to acquisition present done the OWC website and Amazon.

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