Syba SD-EXPC34-1S2 JMB Chipset 1x e-SATA Ports, 34mm, Up to 3.0Gb/s ExpressCard Review

The card works fine with my Macbook Pro. Just plug and go. The transfer speed is incredible and everything I was hoping for. It is a shame Apple is dropping ExpressCard slots from the 15-inch notebooks.

The two downsides to this particular card are that it is too easy to dislodge the ESATA cable from the card, and the card itself doesn't 'latch' into the notebook very well. But it's easy to work around this: just don't move things around while the card is in use.

Worth a note: I was never able to get this card to work with Windows XP running on Parallels on the same Macbook Pro. Windows never sees the card even with the driver installed. This is most likely an issue with the emulation and not the fault of the card. I have not had a chance to try it with XP via VMware Fusion.



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