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Carl typed on Mon, 24 May 2010 11:177 -0700 (PDT):
> On May 24, 2:10 pm, J G Miller <mil...@yoyRG> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:51:12 -0700, Carl wrote:
>>> Seagate 80GB
>>
>> So the maximum fastest transfer rate for that will be 100 MBytes per
>> second, will it not?
>>
>> Have you considered upgrading to something newer?
>>
>> 500 Gbyte 2.5 inch Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA perhaps,
>> or Seagate equivalent?
>
> No. That's a lot faster than USB 2.0 can do, and I don't have an
> eSATA port on my laptop.
Even if your laptop doesn't have an eSATA port, you can buy them in
Cardbus or ExpressCard versions.
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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
news:fd256317-87ee-411f-ad3e-221f98ca200a@a16g2000vbr.googlegroups.com,
Carl typed on Mon, 24 May 2010 11:177 -0700 (PDT):
> On May 24, 2:10 pm, J G Miller <mil...@yoyRG> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:51:12 -0700, Carl wrote:
>>> Seagate 80GB
>>
>> So the maximum fastest transfer rate for that will be 100 MBytes per
>> second, will it not?
>>
>> Have you considered upgrading to something newer?
>>
>> 500 Gbyte 2.5 inch Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA perhaps,
>> or Seagate equivalent?
>
> No. That's a lot faster than USB 2.0 can do, and I don't have an
> eSATA port on my laptop.
Even if your laptop doesn't have an eSATA port, you can buy them in
Cardbus or ExpressCard versions.
--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3