ESATA and "housed" internal drive connection to MACBook

Hello,
I have a MAC Pro and old style white MACBook. As a fallback in case my MAC Pro gives up the ghost once we have moved out of Apple Support territory (could be 4 years), it has been suggested that I might take an external Drive housing with me so I would be able to access my data in the event the unthinkable would happen to my 3 year old MAC Pro with four hard drives... Would I be able to use an eSATA connection (don't know what it is but guessing its a plug in type adapter for the SATA connection... I think that means it will not connect to the MACBook. Is that right?
What is the best connection I could make to the MACBook noting it does have a FW400 port? Any recommendations on a housing or alternative idea would be gratefully received.
Many thanks, Floor
PS. I use the Pro for FCE HD video editing and Aperture in case that influences any response(s).

If the hard drive you linked to is the drive you have, you can get an external SATA drive enclosure. Depending on your preference, you can get one that connects via USB, Firewire, or both (the choice is yours). You just need to make sure that you get an SATA enclosure. Here are some examples:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=200009009210538071231054107131&name=SATA

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