Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a ExpressCard card reader somewhere and it works/worked and was/is pretty fast but I have to remove it every time I put my previous laptop to sleep because it would prevent the laptop from going to sleep. For eSATA ExpressCard adapter, I still have (though I am not sure why :) the IOGear adapter (model GPS702e3) which worked fine under 10.5.x on my old laptop. Regards, Spencer On Dec 3, 2010, at 17:12, Harrison McClary wrote: > I considered that but all the reviews I read about the express card slot > card readers were that they crashed the system. > > Know of any that work well? > > > On 12/3/10 12:52 PM, Spencer Cheng wrote: >> In general even a FW800 drive is going to be quite slow compared to an >> SATA/eSATA connected drive which transfers data about 3x faster. >> >> For the 17" i7, which I believe, has the ExpressCard slot, get a eSATA >> ExpressCard adapter and connect your external eSATA drive to that. I >> think you will find any application which has to run off external drives >> will run much faster. >> >> What would be ever better is to have your laptop modified by taking out >> the DVD drive and replacing it with another HDD but that requires sending >> the laptop to a bunch of strangers to butcher. :-) >> >> I really, really wish that Apple had kept the ExpressCard slot for the >> 15" MacBook Pro which I have. :-((