However, as most users would do, I passed on the incredibly fine print in the manual and just went ahead and connected the 500 GB T1 to my Mac Pro. The 4.6 inch (12 cm) wide box is very Apple-like.

It very similar to, say, an iPhone or Apple TV with an outer paper shell and an inner, box with successive layers of product: the SSD, the manual, and the USB 3 cable at the bottom. The packaging and opening the box as very Apple-like. If you want to read the rest of the story of what happened, however, read on. And so this is article is only a first-experience notice and is not a full (nor even a quick look) review. I'll be engaging Samsung technical people to work out the details, but in the meantime, I cannot recommend this product in its current state. However, the executive summary is that in initial testing of this product, I found serious user interface and technical problems.

After all, a one ounce (actually just 26 grams), fast, external SSD with a 500 GB capacity looked to be a remarkable and useful product. When I received the Samsung Electronics Portable SSD T1 last week for review, I was enthusiastic about reviewing it. I did some initial testing and the results suggest Mac owners should defer a decision on this new product until more details are sorted out. On January 20, Samsung announced what appears to be an exceptional new storage product, a one ounce USB 3 external Flash drive, essentially a portable Flash SSD, called the T1.