Tuesday, June 9, 2009
ExpressCard 2.0 Spec Finalized: 5Gbps Speeds Touted
Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home News" @ 12:02 PM
"...PCMCIA - the organization behind the expansion card standard - are striding ahead with the official release of ExpressCard Standard 2.0. Transfer speeds are reportedly boosted by up to 10-times compared to ExpressCard 1.2, the existing standard, and there's also support for SuperSpeed USB 3.0. In fact the up to 5Gbps bandwidth will make ExpressCard 2.0 even more useful for adding eSATA ports and high-speed storage such as the latest breed of SSDs."
Personally, I don't use my ExpressCard slot that much - but when I do, I'm glad it's there. Laptops today usually lack a CompactFlash card slot, so if I'm travelling and shooting with my DSLR, I need an ExpressCard slot for my Delkin ExpressCard54 Compact Flash adaptor. Beyond that, I've never used an ExpressCard product - so is Apple right to take the ExpressCard slot out of their new Macbooks? Or does ExpressCard still have life left in it - do you use the ExpressCard slot on your laptop for anything?
