2-Port NitroAV eSATA II 3Gb/s Professional Express Card (34mm) Interface Adapter for Macintosh, Linus and Windows operating systems. The SATAStar 34mm Express Card allows extreme portable performance enabling you to capture, develop, edit and create content in almost any environment when using Apple's new MacBook Pro, Windows or Linux-based express card based computers.

Why ExpressCard? ExpressCard, the new standard destined to replace CardBus, effectively quadruples the amount of available computing bandwidth. This results in faster music downloads, smoother streaming video, and lightning-fast access to mass-storage devices. Mouse-over the photo gallery for card design changes and dimensions.

The SATAStar 34mm ExpressCard offers the perfect solution for users who want to add a Serial ATA II (3Gb/s) port to their notebook computers. The SATAStar is designed to take advantage of the additional bandwidth and features provided by the new ExpressCard I/O interconnection standard. Now you can download multiple large video files at the same time. The SATAStar future-proofs your notebook computer with technology so advanced that it exceeds the processing-speed capabilities of many devices currently on the market. Installing the ExpressCard now will give you device-upgrade expansion room for many years to come.

Downloadable Drivers for: Linux 32-bit, Linux 64-bit, MacOSX 10.4.x, Windows 2000/XP, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP/2003 Server 64-bit.

Note regarding linux - see \Tech Specs\

Key Features Two SATA II Shielding & Durable connectors (eSATA) 48 bits LBA can Break Capacity-Limit to Support HDD larger than 137GB Supports 1-lane 2.5Gbps ExpressCard/34 Compliant with PCI Express Specification, revision 1.0a Hot-plug capability Supports SATA II transfer rate of 3.0Gbps Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications Supports two independent Serial ATA channels Independent Link, Transport, and data FIFO Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ) Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port Two LEDs indicate for HDD access Supports Windows 2000/XP/Server/Vista, Windows 7 in 32 & 64 bit Supports MacBook Pro OS 10.4.x and above Fully RoHS compliant Note regarding linux - we supply links to various drivers from the chipset manufacturers. It is important regarding linux that you have confirmed your linux build supports this type of card and the drivers are available online, see link in \product info\. There are dozens of linux versions available and because of this, we do not offer technical support for linux installs, drivers and/or recompiling support.

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