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Hey guys!
I'm a bit confused. I purchased a macbook pro last week and I'm a new mac user.
I want to get a remote-access external hard drive: FreeAgent Pro External Hard Drive 320GB - USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire (or any other if you have other suggestions). I'm greatly interested in using its eSATA hub. I need to buy an adapter.
This is where I'm confused; when Apple mentions that the macbook pro comes with an ExpressCard/34, does it have the card inside or simply the slot. I checked on wikipedia.org what this card is and I'm still confused! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif Could you please tell me? I'm asking because I saw some eSATA adaptors named "express card eSATA". Do you have any suggestion on where to buy one online?
Thanks!
Johnathan
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eSATA express card adapter for macbook pro
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mcbane666 
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Posted 08 September 2007 - 06:45 PM
The MBP come with an ExpressCard34 Slot.
You can buy any Expresscard34 and it should work with your MBP
Newegg.com is pretty good.
Esata isn't going to give you that much of an approvement over FR800 but If thats what you need then go for it.
You can buy any Expresscard34 and it should work with your MBP
Newegg.com is pretty good.
Esata isn't going to give you that much of an approvement over FR800 but If thats what you need then go for it.
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Posted 13 December 2008 - 09:19 PM
Yeah, speed improvement isn't much.
The card I picked up from Frys. Name brand ones cost upward of $49.95. I tested it on a MBP and at first the external LaCie drive with eSATA socket wouldn't mount. I've read that Mac OS X 10.5 has the drivers built in so I was disappointed and made up my mind to return the Express card.
Today I decided to give it another try after reading online forums on eSATA and Macs. The more expensive brands, e.g. Sonnet, IOgear, Belkin, etc. claim to include drivers on CDs with their cards so I log on to their Website and sure enough there was a link for Mac drivers. Others have only Windows drivers.
Half way through installing the driver from the .dmg file the LaCie external mounted on Desktop! I tested data transfer and yes, it's twice as fast as FireWire 800. Usually, FW800 does 1g a minute, eSATA seems to do 1.5 to 2 g a minute. Pretty impressive.
I couldn't boot off eSATA with the external drive which has Leopard though; some vendors stated so on their Web sites.
The card I picked up from Frys. Name brand ones cost upward of $49.95. I tested it on a MBP and at first the external LaCie drive with eSATA socket wouldn't mount. I've read that Mac OS X 10.5 has the drivers built in so I was disappointed and made up my mind to return the Express card.
Today I decided to give it another try after reading online forums on eSATA and Macs. The more expensive brands, e.g. Sonnet, IOgear, Belkin, etc. claim to include drivers on CDs with their cards so I log on to their Website and sure enough there was a link for Mac drivers. Others have only Windows drivers.
Half way through installing the driver from the .dmg file the LaCie external mounted on Desktop! I tested data transfer and yes, it's twice as fast as FireWire 800. Usually, FW800 does 1g a minute, eSATA seems to do 1.5 to 2 g a minute. Pretty impressive.
I couldn't boot off eSATA with the external drive which has Leopard though; some vendors stated so on their Web sites.
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