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Subject: [Leica] OT: eSATA on MacBook Pro
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:50:15 -0500
References: <4D3DE64A.7050603@mcclary.net> <397510D6-544E-4ECD-A9AC-30E83CD41A6B@aotera.org>

my SD card reader ExpressCard recently got much slower--maybe after 
upgrading to 10.6 

anyone know of driver changes or anything that might help?

ric


On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Spencer Cheng wrote:

> Hi Harrison,
> 
> I was one of the proponents of eSata disks. Glad you like like it.
> 
> The nice thing about the expressCard eSata drive is you can always remove 
> it and use the card reader to your SD cards much faster than USB2. 
> ExpressCard slot devices are hot unplugable. Just eject the eSata drive, 
> power it down and you can swap the eSata card for the flash card reader.
> 
> Regards,
> Spencer
> 
> On Jan 24, 2011, at 15:51, Harrison McClary wrote:
> 
>> I want to thank whoever it was that steered me to getting the express 
>> card slot to eSATA for my 17 inch Macbook Pro.  It is so much better than 
>> the other ports are, USB2 and Firewire 800.  I just got it today and am 
>> amazed at how much faster it is.
>> 
>> I also got expresscard card readers for SD and CF cards...not sure that 
>> I'll use them much as my port will be used by an external eSATA portable 
>> drive, but they are nice to have.
>> 
>> Thanks again.
>> 
>> Just goes to show ya this list is knowledgeable on far more than Leica 
>> cameras.
>> 
>> Harrison.
>> 
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Replies: Reply from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] OT: eSATA on MacBook Pro)
In reply to: Message from lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] OT: eSATA on MacBook Pro)
Message from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] OT: eSATA on MacBook Pro)