Logic Pro Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 heya guys I would like a FIRE FACE 800 or FIRE WIRE solution in general where i can share between MAC and PC platforms., i was hoping to get a Xpress card to connect both "Firewire 800" to the "Fireface 800"and "eSata" to a "hard drive". Can anyone recommend the right cards out there for a MBP intel C2D? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectacle Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'm using the Bytech card. I think I found it online for about $40. It doesn't say that it is compatible with OSX, but a quick search of various forums led me to numerous people saying that it worked like a charm. I think I had to download the proper drivers, which I found with a quick Google search. Working superbly for me here. Threw my performance right through the roof. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Pro Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'm using the Bytech card. I think I found it online for about $40. It doesn't say that it is compatible with OSX, but a quick search of various forums led me to numerous people saying that it worked like a charm. I think I had to download the proper drivers, which I found with a quick Google search. Working superbly for me here. Threw my performance right through the roof. 8) But which model?, have a link? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectacle Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'm using the Bytech card. I think I found it online for about $40. It doesn't say that it is compatible with OSX, but a quick search of various forums led me to numerous people saying that it worked like a charm. I think I had to download the proper drivers, which I found with a quick Google search. Working superbly for me here. Threw my performance right through the roof. 8) But which model?, have a link? Cheers Bytecc (sometimes spelled Bytech). I think there's only one eSATA model. I could do a Google search to find a link for you. Let's see... Here you go: http://www.directron.com/bteces2.html It's the cheapest I've found, and runs great. And to use it on a Mac (which I do), you just download the drivers on-line. Here's a link to that: http://www.siliconimage.com/support/supportsearchresults.aspx?pid=32&cid=3&ctid=2&osid=3 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Pro Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 Thanks for the tip and all the help, yeah the spelling changed everything. What i do not understand is why there are no sata express cards out there for osx as you stated, or sata and firewire as ell., strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectacle Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Thanks for the tip and all the help, yeah the spelling changed everything. What i do not understand is why there are no sata express cards out there for osx as you stated, or sata and firewire as ell., strange There are. But for some reason they're way higher priced. There's the Sonnet one, and a few other brands. I just stumbled on the Bytecc, because of OSX guys talking about it on a forum. As for firewire ExpressCards, they're out there as well. When I was out on the west coast this summer I stopped by Fry's and picked up a 2-FW400 and 1-USB2.0 card (I believe it's Koutech), as well as a multimedia card-reader ExpressCard (Belkin), and I saw FW800 ExpressCards there as well. Google them. Here are some more links in case you're all Googled out: http://www.firewiredirect.com/product/540/ http://www.firewiredirect.com/product/423/ http://www.expresscard.org/web/site/cons_wtb.jsp http://www.expresscard.org/web/site/;jsessionid=33C8A0C623FA612975C8057F093AB83F Happy hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el-bo Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 thanks for those links will save my pennies for the (2 fw800, 1 fw400 port) interface.....will give my lacie external fw800 more of a fighting chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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