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  External Drive for Laptop

  Posted by Erik Sommer on September 29, 2008 at 2:31 am

  Hey All, I just got a HP 8510w from my college and want to get an external drive for video editing. But it only has USB 2.0, 4-pin firewire and a PCMCIA card slot, no express card slot. Anyways, I was looking at getting an external RAID case but can’t decide what interface to use. I could get a eSATA PCMCIA card, but I’m not sure what kind of performance the PCMCIA port has. I’m thinking maybe firewire would be my best option? Any opinions?

  Vince Becquiot replied 17 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Vince Becquiot

  September 29, 2008 at 11:08 pm

  I can’t tell you what you’ll get from an eSATA on PCMCIA (a vendor should be able to tell you). I do have one for an express slot and the performance is great, but keep in mind that these adapters have a pretty big foot print. If the slot is on the right side, and you happen to be right handed, it’s a real pain. The SATA cables being flat, it takes a good foot of space on the side where you would usually have a mouse…and arm.

  Vince Becquiot
  Director | Editor

  Kaptis Studios
  San Francisco – Bay Area

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