ESATA to usb 3.0 adapter for red mag

[Aaron C Smith]

I'm about to pick up a new PC laptop, and right as I was checking out, I realized it had no esata port.. I was really looking forward to having the esata / usb 3.0 combo for transfer speeds, but alas.

Anyways, I'm about to spend an extra 60 bucks on:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...chnology_NWTADESATAUSB3_eSATA_to_USB_3_0.html

and

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/745553-REG/LaCie_131102KUA_LaCie_Hub4_USB_3_0.html

to try and work around the lack of esata, and still gain from the usb.. Has anyone ever tried this, or a similar combo with the Redmag 1.8"? I'm probably gonna get impatient and order before I get a response, but, luckily, the cost is pretty low, so, it's not too expensive of an experiment..

thanks for any and all input.

 

[Hans Magnus Kvåle]

Hi Aaron,
This is very interesting so if you do order before anyone answers please post your results

 

[Dan Kanes]

On some laptops you can take the optical drive out and add esata.

 

[Peter Cote]

Curious to know if this works. Please post your findings.