tonacidigital
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I have an external sata seritek card for my powermac and all I can say is that the transfer speeds are extremely fast, significantly faster than fw800 (I have both an external fw800 and sata). This new card supports SATA II which on paper is twice as fast as sata I. Not a bad option to consider if you want a fw800 alternative for your macbookpro.
http://www.vydeo.com/products/eSATA.html
"SPECIFICATIONS
Twin SATA-II shielded connectors (eSATA)
48-bit LBA supports HDD larger than 137GB capacity
Supports 1-lane 2.5Gbps ExpressCard/34
Compliant with PCI Express Specification, revision 1.0a
Designed for Express Card 34mm slot
Hot-plug capability
Supports SATA II transfer rate of 3.0Gbps
Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 Specification
Supports twin, independent Serial ATA channels
Independent link, transport, and data FIFO
Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ)
Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Supports Non-zero offsets (NCQ)
Supports Out of order data delivery (NCQ)
Supports FIS-based switching via port multipliers
31 commands and scatter/gather tables per Port
Twin LED indicators for HDD access
Driver support for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Driver support for Mac OS X 10.4 Intel based systems (MacBook Pro)
Based on specs.
Firewire = 400 Mbps (50 MB/sec)
Firewire 800 = 800 Mbps (100 MB/sec)
Sata I = 1.5 Gbps (150 MB/sec)
Sata II = 3.0 Gbps (300 MB/sec)
This card supports "1-lane 2.5Gbps ExpressCard/34" so I'm not sure if this means that Sata II transfer speed will be constrained to 2.5 gpbs.
You can also find tons of external sata options here:
http://cooldrives.com/usb20cdrwdvd.html
http://www.vydeo.com/products/eSATA.html
"SPECIFICATIONS
Twin SATA-II shielded connectors (eSATA)
48-bit LBA supports HDD larger than 137GB capacity
Supports 1-lane 2.5Gbps ExpressCard/34
Compliant with PCI Express Specification, revision 1.0a
Designed for Express Card 34mm slot
Hot-plug capability
Supports SATA II transfer rate of 3.0Gbps
Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 Specification
Supports twin, independent Serial ATA channels
Independent link, transport, and data FIFO
Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ)
Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Supports Non-zero offsets (NCQ)
Supports Out of order data delivery (NCQ)
Supports FIS-based switching via port multipliers
31 commands and scatter/gather tables per Port
Twin LED indicators for HDD access
Driver support for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Driver support for Mac OS X 10.4 Intel based systems (MacBook Pro)
Based on specs.
Firewire = 400 Mbps (50 MB/sec)
Firewire 800 = 800 Mbps (100 MB/sec)
Sata I = 1.5 Gbps (150 MB/sec)
Sata II = 3.0 Gbps (300 MB/sec)
This card supports "1-lane 2.5Gbps ExpressCard/34" so I'm not sure if this means that Sata II transfer speed will be constrained to 2.5 gpbs.
You can also find tons of external sata options here:
http://cooldrives.com/usb20cdrwdvd.html
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