Using standard M.2 NVMe SSD drives in the 20 A1708 MacBook Pro 13 is now possible thanks to the release of an adapter from Sintech. Features: Connects to a PCIe 3.0 x4 slot with the 22+34 pin connector. From that perspective, this endeavor was clearly a success. Sintech NVMe SSD Adapter for MacBook Pro A1708 - Image credit: Sintech. Compatible with 2016/2017 MacBook Pro A1708 A1707 A1706. ![]() Then again much, like many of the best Raspberry Pi projects, installing a new component in an outdated Power Mac G4 is a lot less about convenience or improved performance as it is about fun and figuring out what's possible. Of course, using a FireWire 400 (around 50 MB/s) connection would have been faster, but connecting a modern SSD over a FireWire interface to a 20-year-old PC would probably have been even trickier than using a PCI slot. And it is certainly easier to plug in a USB drive, but Apple's Power Mac G4 only features two USB 1.1 ports, which means a 12 Mb/s data rate (1.5 MB/s), an order of magnitude slower compared to what a 32-bit 33 MHz PCI interface provides. ![]() After all that, there will still be performance limitations, such as the 133 MB/s bandwidth supported by a 32-bit 33 MHz PCI bus (keep in mind that we are talking about a half-duplex interface here), but this is to be expected.Ī legitimate question about installing a new SSD into a system with such a performance-capping interface is whether it would be far easier and faster to just plug in an external SSD using a USB connection.
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