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    What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?

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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    I'd just like to point out that my Lenovo T400, bought last December, has ExpressCard slots.

    What, do you guys think everybody uses MacBook Airs or something?
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    Image of thebigcheese thebigcheese
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    Uh... MacBook Pros, at least until recently, all have ExpressCard slots. I can't think of anyone more likely to be an early adopter than a Mac person. Half the Mac users I've met get a new laptop every time a new model comes out.
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    12/01/09

    @thebigcheese: "people who still have laptops with ExpressCard slots don't strike me as the early adopter type."

    I agree... I have a MacBook Pro that's a couple of years old from work, and I didn't realize ExpressCard was on the way out - I thought it had yet to come IN since this is the first time I've seen a device made to use it! PCMCIA was around forever... but then, I've never had a use for the expansion slot in the side of any of my laptops.
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    Image of jeepingeek jeepingeek
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    ah heck, I'll bite. What would make my computer more early adopter than Express Card?
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    Image of Monty Monty
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    The key selling point is the huge black block at the end making this a martial arts geek weapon of choice for taking down USB2 users in your home town technology ghetto.

    I agree that without any must-have devices to plug into it, this is nothing more than a propeller-head coffee table discussion.
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    Right, because my early-2009 unibody MBP means I am not an early-adopter type. Seriously?
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    Image of License_to_iLL License_to_iLL
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    "Of course, with a product like this, StarTech probably won't be around long enough for you to get your $50 worth"

    or a name like StarTech...
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    fuchikoma promoted this comment License_to_iLL was starred License_to_iLL was unstarred
    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    12/01/09

    @License_to_iLL: I've seen StarTech hardware for at least a decade... my introduction was at an old employer about 10 years ago - they're the only guys I've seen who could screw up something like 1 in 10 ethernet cables. Seriously, someone in the office would develop network issues, and I'd unpackage a new patch cable, pull theirs out of the switch, and plug in a new one, solving the problem. Then I'd test the old cable, and it had gone bad. Mind-boggling...

    On the other hand, I got a USB 1.1 hub of theirs ages ago and it never gave me a single issue, but... those cables will always make me question their ability to make hardware...
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    Image of License_to_iLL License_to_iLL
    12/01/09

    @fuchikoma: Doesn't it sound like something from 90's made to sound like something in the future? i.e. Initech
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    Image of COCOViper COCOViper
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    "people who *still* have laptops with ExpressCard slots don't strike me as the early adopter type"

    Are you perhaps confusing ExpressCard with PCMCIA/Cardbus ? ExpressCard is what they put in NEW laptops.
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    Monty promoted this comment COCOViper was starred COCOViper was unstarred
    Image of Monty Monty
    12/01/09

    @COCOViper: Dude, ExpressCard technology is soooo nine days ago. Heck, why we are still talking about USB 3.0 when USB 12.0 is only a decade away is beyond me.
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    Image of estenh estenh
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    What about early adopters? My MBP (released January of this year) has an ExpressCard/34 slot... If this didn't require AC power, I'd consider it.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/09

    @estenh: Why bother anyway? The Express Card slot on your Macbook Pro can't take full advantage of USB 3.0, and you could just as well get an Express Card with an eSATA port, or you could simply use the FW800 you already have.
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: True - that's exactly what I do use, a handy little ESATA adapter with a 500gb external 2.5" and a USB power adapter. Works like a charm, but I can see how if you were working with USB 3.0 on other machines you'd want this card. I think we are all just reacting a to rather categorical statement that seemed to equate ExpressCard with 100mb Zip Disks.
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    Image of Redrum4breakfast Redrum4breakfast
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: What can't Express Card do that USB 3.0 can? I'm actually curious, I'm not challenging you...
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    12/01/09

    @Redrum4breakfast: Express slot is 2.5GB/s while USB 3 is 3.2 GB/s.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    some googling reveals that an expresscard bus simply doesn't have the power to provide 5v @ 900mA.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    A dongle that connects to two of the laptop's USB 2.0 ports for power would fix portability. *grins proudly*
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    Image of spannu spannu
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    It has blue ports? I'll take ten!
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    Image of Dayv Dayv
    12/01/09

    @spannu: I used to have a rule that nothing was allowed to connect to my LAN at home unless it was blue.

    I drank a lot that year.
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    Image of the_sidewinder the_sidewinder
    12/01/09

    In reply to What's Wrong With a USB 3.0 ExpressCard?
    What do you mean, Still have laptops with expresscard slots? Most still come with them
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    blash promoted this comment the_sidewinder was starred the_sidewinder was unstarred
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    12/01/09

    @the_sidewinder: The industry is moving to smaller notebooks that don't have expansion card slots. Think MacBook Air and equivalent.
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    Image of the_sidewinder the_sidewinder
    12/01/09

    @blash: I realize that there are laptops and netbooks without the slot, but like I said, most laptops do have one
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    Image of blash blash
    12/01/09

    @the_sidewinder: Try to keep in mind the kind of machines the editors of this site use.
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    Image of the_sidewinder the_sidewinder
    12/01/09

    @blash: That's a fair point
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    Image of Itsuru Itsuru
    03/03/09

    In reply to Pretec 128GB ExpressCard SSD Is The Largest, Most Paranoid of Its Kind
    I think I looked into getting one for my laptop to fill the port but the read/write speeds were too slow :l
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/03/09

    @Itsuru: I as well.


    -and the laptop is now too old to warrant the upgrade...

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