The Orico MiniTower is a fun, two-bay RAID enclosure to boost your desktop Mac storage inexpensively. It's just too bad that it's limited to 10 gigabit USB-C speed.Orico MiniTower 2
The Orico MiniTower is a fun, two-bay RAID enclosure to boost your desktop Mac storage inexpensively. It's just too bad that it's limited to 10 gigabit USB-C speed.

Silver rectangular electronic device with rounded edges, a white top, and ports on the front, including USB, SD card slots, and a power button.
Orico MiniTower 2 Bay RAID review: Looks like a really tall Mac mini, with a white removable lid.

Since the dawn of SCSI, and even before with a hard drive with a floppy drive connector around the same time that the Mac 512k shipped, external mass storage has been de rigeur on Mac. The fees Apple has always, always charged for storage upgrades are disproportionately high, to the point that we recommended using external upgrades.

External drives and network-attached storage devices often save a significant amount of cash, compared to Apple's pricey capacity upgrades.


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