3476 OWC blogger Chris S. says that for those fortunate enough to have a MacBook Pro with an ExpressCard/34 slot, there’s been one minor drawback – the cards almost always stuck out from the side of the MacBook Pro as an ugly protuberance, making it both odd-looking and difficult to fit in a bag without removing the card.

OWC’s new Slim ExpressCard to eSATA Adapter addresses that issue quite nicely. This card fits inside the ExpressCard/34 slot such that the eSATA port sits flush with the edge of the MacBook Pro, which means you can leave it installed, even when you’re not using it. It doesn’t require any special drivers, so you can just slide it in and go. It’s even bootable, so you can start your MacBook Pro up from an external drive, should you so desire.

eSATA offers a substantial performance over FireWire 800 and USB 2.0.

The flush-fitting OWC Slim ExpressCard at about $28 is priced attractively and will improve performance with any drive that supports eSATA

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OWC Slim ExpressCard to eSATA Adapter

Makes adding an eSATA external storage device as easy as plug and play. The OWC Slim ExpressCard to eSATA Adapter allows you to hook up a high-speed eSATA device to your laptop and obtain data transfer rates of up to 3.0Gb/s. This card is compatible with computers that have ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slots, and features hot-pluggable and hot-swappable device connections with automatic device configuration.

Features:
• Plug and Play: No drivers required on your Mac.
• No added bulk: Slim design sits flush in the expresscard slot.
• Hot Swappable: Add or remove without shutting down.

Specs:
• JMicron JMB360 chipset
• Compliant with ExpressCard/34 Type II standard
• 1x external SATA II port with 3Gb/s
• Fully plug & play and hot plug supported
• OWC 1 Year Warranty

eSATA Specifications
• Supports 1-independent SATA port
• Data transfer up to 3.0Gbps
• Compliant with Serial ATA II specification
• Backward compatible to Serial ATA I Specification
• Compliant with Gen2i, Gen2m SATA II Electrical Specification Revision 1.0

System Requirements:
• MacBook Pro models with ExpressCard/34 slot
• OSX 10.4.x*, 10.5.x, & 10.6.x
• Windows Notebook with an ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slot
• Windows 2000, Server 2003, Server 2008, XP SP2, Vista or Windows 7.

Special notes for Mac users:
• No Drivers are needed for OS X.*
• Bootable in MacBook Pro systems using Core 2 Duo processors (not bootable with original MacBook Pro Core Duo).

*Under 10.4.x, hot-plugging is not supported. Card and drives must be connected while the computer is turned off.

Special notes for Windows users:
• Drivers included on CD.
• Cannot boot to drives connected through card.

The OWC Slim ExpressCard to eSATA Adapter fits flush in your ExpressCard slot.

For more information, visit:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/EXP34SATA2F1/

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