P2 field offloading question

Hi all,
I'm looking for recommendations on a mac solution for p2 field offloading.
I'm currently offloading via PC laptop to external drive without firewire - usb only. It's slow. And I can't view the footage that's been put onto the external drive becuase my laptop and usb is too slow. I don't load footage to laptop drive - i go straight to external drive. Using p2 viewer I can view footage from the laptop drive or p2 card, but I need to view it from the drive to check for problems and see that it made it over without corruption. (yes, i've enjoyed corrupted p2 footage in the past) So now I'm considering a mac laptop, but they have no pcmcia slots! And i heard the adapters are prone to corrupting footage.
I just want to quickly move the P2 footage off the p2 card and onto an external drive QUICKLY and be able to VERIFY footage on that external drive before deleting my sacred footage from the P2 card.
I'd love to know other peoples' solid p2 field workflow setups.
Thanks, vscomm.

I am keeping my Powerbook for this reason too. But I know that the Duel Adapter cards work, but they can be jiggled loose. The connection isn't the most secure. That is the biggest issue with Express 34.
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* Created on Jul 3, 2005 by @author Tom Jacobs
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