Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/03

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Apple Mac gets grindingly slow...
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:01:53 +1300
References: <EC1497CF-54C0-470F-8636-8DFEE6A88D23@yahoo.co.uk> <4CF92E46.7020800@mcclary.net> <09DB834B-1B30-4206-80AF-9C22C908A52E@aotera.org> <4CF96B32.3020502@mcclary.net>
 
I have a Sonnet Tempo eSATA and cheap "ST Lab" card reader, both work on my
17" MBP/10.6.5 with no issue.

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> 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.
In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] OT: Apple Mac gets grindingly slow...)
Message from lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] OT: Apple Mac gets grindingly slow...)
Message from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] OT: Apple Mac gets grindingly slow...)
Message from lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] OT: Apple Mac gets grindingly slow...)