eSata for IMac

[Jona-thon]

I have FireWire 800 is the fastest transmission interface. Of course not. In the computer world, the pursuit of "faster" is not never-ending. Many of my friends may have heard the name eSATA, because many external hard drive box is also equipped with eSATA interface, the eSATA transfer speed provided no less than FireWire 800. So why eSATA Mac users have not heard it. Any idea ?

[Fabian]

Because Apple did not include eSATA as standard equipment, so the Mac in general who can not find eSATA connection port. To use eSATA, will depend on various types of expansion cards can. In Mac Pro PowerMac G5 or expansion of the excellent performance of these computers, if you want to use eSATA, just buy a Mac OS X-compatible PCIe card (for example, Sonnet Tempo SATA E2).

[RoninBlade]

MacBook Pro Users want to use the eSATA interface, you must have a MacBook Pro, ExpressCard slot, and install a Mac OS X-compatible eSATA ExpressCard.Mactivity Recently introduced Mac OS X compatible Apiotek eSATA II Single Port ExpressCard（$ 288), While they do a free speed test.

[deoWo]

For the owners of the MacBook Pro ExpressCard slot users, if at home, the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard eSATA hard drive installed and used only as an eSATA hard disk to start the Boot machine, then you can not improved overall efficiency less. Is this piece of Apiotek eSATA II Single Port ExpressCard can not compatible with the latest Mac OS X and as a startup disk.

[Rawko]

I am testing a 4GB file to read and write speed on my Mac. The eSATA interface, the write speed is USB- 300%, While the read speed is USB- 140%. Although the write and read speed of FireWire 800's so unlike the average, but the USB interface is also relatively high figure.