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  • Macbook Pro as VI slave

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    Just ordered a Macbook Pro 2.2 GHz and am expanding it to 4GB of RAM. I got it to use at home; then I suddenly wondered, "Could I use this as a VI slave?"

    Is anyone doing this? Internal/external HD? What interface?

    Would love to hear how/if this is working for anyone.

    Thanks,
    Peter
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    External. That's the one I just got three weeks ago, and I've ordered an eSATA Expresscard that's coming shortly. My plan is to use it as a slave, although I'm going to use it for more than that since it has a lot of power (probably more than my G5).

    Any FireWire interface will work.
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    @Nick Batzdorf said:

    External. That's the one I just got three weeks ago, and I've ordered an eSATA Expresscard that's coming shortly. My plan is to use it as a slave, although I'm going to use it for more than that since it has a lot of power (probably more than my G5).

    Any FireWire interface will work.


    That is SO COOL!! I didn't even know the Macbook Pro had that expansion card capability. Just getting kinda sick of loading up a lot of standalones one by one on my Intel Mac, thought I could maybe use this to take some of the load. (Though kudos again to you for having thought of the multiple standalones as a workaround.)

    BTW I've been using the Profire - works well, easy to use. Can't really comment on latency since I have nothing to compare it to. Has a lot of ins and outs - I'll probably just route the Macbook Pro through the Profire as well.

    Love to know how you fare with VI and the Macbook Pro.

    PL
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    OK, uh, scratch the dumb comment about using the Profire for the Macbook Pro simultaneously with my other Intel Mac. Never mind...
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    By the way, this card is the same as the Sonnet one minus the label and markup:

    http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/LYCeSATA-2EC34.php
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    Thanks for the tip - looks great.