Suggestions for express card/cingular

I'm looking for the best options for an express card/34 for macbook pro that will work with Cingular service (only available service option for offshore in the Gulf of Mexico region).
I see that Cingular will soon be offering a GT Max 3.6 express card, but specifications only list for windows operating systems?
http://business.cingular.com/businesscenter/pciexpress/?_requestid=177996
Also found the very pricey Novatel Wireless Merlin XU870 3G HSDPA 3.6/7.2 Mbps ExpressCard ($399) - but know nothing yet about it's support for mac.
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=141035
Any feedback from users who've found a successful express card option for cingular wireless service and the macbook would be welcome.
Thanks!
macbook pro, macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)
macbook pro, macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I posted in reply to a similar question. You might find the answer useful:
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Need suggestions for Graphics Cards

In perusing the posts on this site, I've not quite seen my needs addressed. I do need a recommendation for a graphics card or cards.
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1. Yes, your Mac Pro is refered to as "1st Generation".
2. No, you can't add memory to the card or upgrade the card in any way, you can only replace it (or buy a new card and keep the current one in a different slot for a 2nd monitor).
3. Currently the best graphics card option is the nVidia 8800GT Upgrade for the 1st Generation Mac Pro. There's still the ATI x1900xt available, but it's more expensive, slower, louder and has massive heat problems. nVidia Quadro is overkill.
4. The other question is, will the new card help? It will certainly affect some Final Cut operations, rendering of Video effects in Motion, but I doubt you'll see much difference in Photoshop, since that app doesn't make much use of the video card's processor.
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MOVED: Slot for Express Card

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USB Adapter for Express Card??

I have a Verizon ExpressCard (PC770) that I use with my Dell laptop. Is there an adapter that will allow me to use it through my USB port on my MacBook?

To the best of my knowledge, no. That card appears to be PCI-based and the existing USB ExpressCard adapters will only work with USB-based ExpressCards.
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Express Card 34

Does anyone know if an adaptor exists to adapt a Compact Flash card into the Express Card 34 slot on a MBP? If not how about CF to Firewire or USB?

There is an adapter by Delkin Devices called the eFilm express card 34 compact flash adapter. Cost = $60 I haven't ever tried it so I can't comment on how well it works but there is one out there if you want to use the EC 34 slot for CF card reader.
But what I use is a typical Sandisk Compact flash card reader via USB2. It's a lot cheaper and the speeds are fast enough. My CF use is for digital photography. Got mine at Best Buy, I believe. You can also, of course, buy a firewire CF reader for the speed of transfer only, if that is very important to you, but the cost for those is expensive too.
Also, the CF adapter for express card 34, I am pretty sure that it is NOT flush with the mac book pro when inserted, so it will stick out there a ways, so it wouldn't probably be an adapter you'd want to leave installed if you move your laptop around a lot. That was the reason I decided to stick with the USB2 CF reader.
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ESATA express card does not work with Mavericks. Any suggestions?

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I am trying to find a USB or Firewire or eSATA or PCMICIA to express card adapter for my laptop (DELL Latitude E6400) to connect an NI Express card 8360.
I have searched for adapters but they are all based on USB2.0 technology but the link below seems to suggest that USB based adapters wont work.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/B5E9398279914984862574F700049847
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Hi ace,
There isn't really anything I can add to this issue except to echo what it said in that link. NI don't manufacture such adapters so I can't recommend any, hopefully someone else has had some experience with this and can offer some advice on the issue.
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Ok, so now I need a new eSATA PCI Express Card for my Mac Pro

I have a Seagate eSata External Drive which comes with an eSATA PCI card.
The http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/esata-pci-express-1-ext-1-int.htm site recommends this card: eSATA PCI Express Card - 1 eSATA II and 1 Internal SATA II Port, but it doesn't specify whether it works on a Mac Pro - any suggestions?
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I think the Radeon 9800 is certainly the most powerful graphics card you could buy for your G4 and would do everything you need.
Just be aware there are at least 3 different Mac versions though.
There's a G5 version, the Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition, which is 8X AGP and has 256MB VRAM.
There's an older Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition, which is 2X/4X AGP and has 128MB VRAM.
Finally there's a newer Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition, which is 2X/4X AGP and has 256MB VRAM.
So long as you get one of the 2X/4X AGP versions, either with 128MB or 256MB VRAM, it should work fine.
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Express card for MacBook Pro

I have a 15in MacBook Pro (Early 2008). and i have bought an Express Card from ST Lab which i cannot seem to get to work.
When i look in the Systems Report, were does the Express Card show up??
And were is the driver? will it automatically load up?
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I just bought the same st-lab USB3.0 expresscard on offer from Maplin, to try in a 17" unibody MBP, 2009 running Snow Leopard.
I downloaded and installed the LaCie USB 3.0 driver, which recognized the card, since it uses the same chipset as Lacie's adapter and LaCie don't seem to have enforced any vendor tie-in (they might have for usb3.0 drives, though, not sure yet).
In System Profiler (About this Mac -> More Info) it shows up under PCI regardless of driver, and, with the LaCie driver installed, it appears also under USB as a "USB Super-Speed Bus".
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I haven't tried it on a Thunderbolt equipped mac (mine is too old for that), but the LaCie driver claims to be Lion compatible.
I also downloaded CalDigit drivers - these are based on open source code so while people report that the driver as-supplied doesn't work with non-CalDigit drives, they do provide source code under the GPL. which one could readily modify to suit other vendors. The also provide a brief PDF doc describing (very vaguely) the process to build the driver from source - this is enough for a reasonably experienced programmer but won't be of any use to the average user. The CalDigit documntation suggests issues with thunderbolt systems, implying that some or other Apple update may have stopped their driver working (this is speculation - when the LaCie driver worked I didn't investigate further.)
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I have a 17" MacBook Pro and do lots of movie editing. I need a fast external hard drive option to use. My internal is totally used up. Also need a back up drive.
I am a newbie and all of my info is based on googling. My FIRST QUESTION: Can I, and would it be a good solution, to use an express card 34 such as, Sonnet Tempo or Firtek SeriTek/2sM2-E with an external hard drive such as SeaGate 500GB or 300GB.
QUESTION 2: Why do so many of the SATA hard drives come without a case or enclosure?
And QUESTION 3: Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with the express card/34 and SATA external hard drives.
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1. Yes, eSATA would be a good choice for an external enclosure with a SATA drive. Alternatively, you could use Firewire 800, but it's mostly a matter of choice.
2. SATA drives a primarily used in desktop machines. SATA capable enclosures have made them usable outside of desktops.
3. I can tell you from experience to get an enclosure with a good chipset. It makes all the difference in the world. Oxford is very good for firewire. Cypress AT2+ and Prolific 3507 are excellent for USB 2.0.
I have a case with the new Oxford 924 chipset (eSATA, FW 800, FW 400 & USB 2.0) and couldn't be any happier. An added bonus; it acknowledges OS commands to power down on inactivity. Link: http://www.cooldrives.com/esata-firewire-800-enclosure-case-external.html

FW400 vs. Express card FW800? For Pro Tools?

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If anyone has seen any articles, etc. I'm more than interested. I'd like to make sure that I don't blow a chunk of $$ on a 400 drive if the 800/Express card will give me more digital tracks of audio. I'll be limited to 48 tracks in Pro Tools anyway either way. Just don't have a lot of experience with the FW drives. Was running 7,200 SATA on the old PC.

I used to use this:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10511
With:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10482
On my D*ll laptop (MBP on order now though and i have to say the difference between FW800 and both FW400 and USB2.0 was quite noticeable when rendering video to it (using Premiere Pro 1.5) So i would say that if you can afford it... do it, it'll probably pay for itself quite quickly if you're a professional user.
Or if you want to go hardcore..
Get this:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vydeo-Announces-Dual-Port-eSATA-ExpressCard-34-Fo r-MacBook-Pro-21050.shtml
and use it with this:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10490
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Does any company make a Express Card 34 that can be used in the 17 for USB 3.0

I want to use an external seagate external USB 3.0.
Is anyone making one for the Express34 PC Card and if so do you get the extra speed for read and write.

Theoretical and acual speeds for all types data connections can differ due to several variables. I cannot tell you if my eSata connection has ever achieved the theoretical maximum speed because I have never measured it. However I have compared transfer times against Firewire with large files and it is noticeably faster (at least by 50%+). Therefore I highly recommend having it if you need to transfer large files from one HDD to another.
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