No opinions, I guess.

Similarly, I'm trying to figure out how to upgrade my mother's Mac Mini, and I don't have a lot of options. It only has USB 2.0 (which isn't nearly fast enough), Firewire 800 (still too slow), and Thunderbolt. But now I'm back to the cost problem. The only Thunderbolt drives I can find cost almost as much as a new Mac Mini! I'd rather replace the whole computer.

The only other option I can think of is to use a Thunderbolt adapter to USB 3, then attach the drive I linked in my previous post to that. Is there any chance that would work reliably?