http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/ Engadget Comments for A-DATA's N909 thumb drive taps into eSATA for extra oomph http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Only thing missing now is an eSATA port in my MBP.]]>Jul 26th 2010 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
this is nice.. will buy one for my awesome ThinkPad]]>Jul 26th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/I never did understand the idea behind eSata not providing power. If it doesn't provide power, it seems just like a regular SATA port, but on the outside. Why would they design a new port that functions exactly like internal sata? If they were going to bother making a new port spec, they could have at least required that they all be powered. Thats the sole reason why I've never used eSata...
-Taylor]]>Jul 26th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
From what I've seen, external eSata ports just have a cable going from them into a SATA port on the MB. Since SATA is hot-pluggable, that is allowed.]]>Jul 26th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
That is essentially what it is. The reason is so that you could skip the conversions and overhead of USB and go straight for an interface and protocol that excels at and was designed for transferring data to and from data storage devices, like hard drives.

Benchmarks will show you that everything else being equal, drives hooked up via an esata interface is going to almost always be significantly faster than one hooked up via USB 2.0.]]>Jul 26th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
Most motherboards that have eSATA on the back I/O panel actually have it connected to the motherboard, and it is an independent port.

An ASRock motherboard I have, however, required a cable going from one of the SATA ports to another one SATA port near the rear, which then completed the connection to the eSATA port behind it on the I/O panel.]]>Jul 26th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
eSATA is nothing more than a shielded SATA cable/port combo with slightly beefed up signal power requirements in the specs on a montherboard that allows SATA hotswapping.

Most cases have a sheilded eSATA port that just goes to a standard SATA port on the motherboard...and that is totally fine, and within the specs

If OSX allowed SATA hotswapping (correct me if I'm wrong, but I've been told it doesn't) you could make a eSATA for a macpro by just taking a ESATA header, and having it lead to an empty SATA port on the mobo.

Now you all know, all confusion has been absolved, lets talk about something more interesting now.]]>Jul 26th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 27th 2010 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Anyone got the Manufacturer/Model No.?]]>Jul 26th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
@SolidSnake your avatar is MIA]]>Jul 26th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/No it's not, it's just hiding under a box. ]]>Jul 26th 2010 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/lg-xnote-p510-laptop-hands-on/]]>Jul 26th 2010 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 26th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
I believe it's a Samsung P510]]>Jul 26th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
Oops my bad...it
s a LG Xnote P510 ]]>Jul 26th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
That's it! Thanks quibbs.Stunning piece of hardware...]]>Jul 26th 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/
Is that a real laptop or a prototype ? If it is in production, mind mentioning the brand and series ? Looks Great !]]>Jul 27th 2010 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/a-datas-n909-thumb-drive-taps-into-esata-for-extra-oomph/Jul 27th 2010 12:27AM