Video hard drive issues

by iamtotal - 6/30/09 10:09 AM

In Reply to: Alright that helps... by Encore-M

I think i am right in saying that only the MBP 17 inch has the option of using an eSATA card to connect to eSATA EXTERNAL hard drives - which is THE sensible solution for holding mass video data - not on your MBP - and editing remotely. eSATA is as fast as if the external drive were an internal one. I THINK that the 15 inch and new 13 inch dont have that option - so are not really serious contenders for a true desk top replacement. I am sure they easily could ....

Without the ExpressCard/34 eSATA, higher speed external hard drive options are not available to 13" and 15" new MacBookPro owners.

WHY did Apple omit ExpressCard/34 from these?

here...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2045457&tstart=0