Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Apple Mac gets grindingly slow...
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 07:38:42 +1300
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I have one of those on my 17" MBP. Most of the time I use USB connectors but
for large data transfer (7200rpm HDDs) I will use eSATA. In single files it
will transfer ~3GB/min to/from the MBP, I would not expect lots of smaller
files to hit those speeds though.

john

> -----Original Message-----
> Some of the Macbook Pros (17", and some of the earlier 15" I thought)
> have
> an ExpressCard slot, or some other expansion slot on the side.  The
> newer
> ones just have an SD card slot (thanks Apple).  Anyways, you can buy
> ExpressCard eSATA card and use your eSATA drives that way.  Something
> to
> think about if you've got the slot
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