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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Expresscard

The expresscard slot is mainly used for inserting and enabling cards such as eSATA, USB 3.0, etc. So I can't think of any way it would help or be necessary for what you propose.
 
Elsie N said:
The expresscard slot is mainly used for inserting and enabling cards such as eSATA, USB 3.0, etc. So I can't think of any way it would help or be necessary for what you propose.
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Well, I think the idea is that on macintosh laptops expresscard is the only way to get esata which is the most practical for really high speed off the drives.
 
My Sony VAIO has both express card and eSata. You can use the express slot for things like AJA IO Express, or Cal Digit Raid setup. But with USB 3 coming out, there are alternatives. Most USB 3 express cards do not take advantage of full USB 3 throughput, unless they have external power available, via an AC plug or separate/additional USB 2 connection for power only.
 
Michael Hastings said:
Well, I think the idea is that on macintosh laptops expresscard is the only way to get esata which is the most practical for really high speed off the drives.
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In another thread she pointed to a PC without an Expresscard 34 slot, and someone mentioned earlier in the thread that it was important for the very reasons you mention. I think she just wants to edit and color correct. The computer she is considering would have an onboard eSATA. Some of this I am inferring, but based on the info she gave, I think I am right.
 
Joe Carney said:
My Sony VAIO has both express card and eSata.
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That would be ideal for the small operations (like mine). Then I could offload data from the 1.8" SSD via eSATA port and send it on through to storage by way of another eSATA connection using the express card slot. As it is and on the laptop I currently own, I have to offload onto my primary drive (600 GBs) using the eSATA connection, then turn right around and offload to other storage using the same connection.

I wish they had made the Red Station Base a standalone unit that would do a simple offload of the 1.8" SSD straight into a storage SSD or HDD.

ADDITIONAL: Jeff Kilgroe mentioned there is a way to turn the optical drive into an eSATA connection, but I'm not likely to try that since this is a new computer and the warranty would probably be null and void if anything went wrong.
 
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