There are several articles listed there in close date proximity. We have tested USB 2.0 ports on the 'late 2008' 13" MacBook and can confirm that it has the same faster transfer rate as the 'late 2008' 15" MacBook Pro.Ĭheck our INDEX page for more articles featuring the "late 2008" MacBook Pro. If you have one of those HD videocams that Steve Jobs mentioned, at least the USB 2.0 port won't be the bottleneck when iMovie imports and converts the AVCHD files to Apple Intermediate Codec.
#Macbook pro firewire 800 external drive mac
Though the write speed is not as fast on the MBP as the Mac Pro, it is certainly a useful option for those seeking the fastest exernal storage option for their laptop.įinally, USB 2.0 is performing on the Mac as we expected it to when it was first added. What SATA lacks in convenience (not built-in to MBP, no bus power), it makes up for in speed. But we also wanted to see how fast the much faster 3.5" drive would go so we stuck the 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda in a SATA enclosure and connected it to the same LaCie SATA II ExpressCard/34. One was the apparent choice for a MacBook Pro: a notebook drive in a SATA enclosure connected to a SATA Expresscard. And absolutely no SATA drive enclosure will run off of bus power - though one example cleverly "borrows" power from a FireWire 400 port - if you have one. Only very wimpy USB 2.0 drives will run off of USB bus power.
Connect it to the USB 2.0 or SATA ports and you have to use that pesky AC adapter.
It's a RAID 0 dual notebook drive "sandwich" that runs off of bus power when connected to the FW800 port. One of my favorites is the LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra (quad interface). There's nothing more convenient than a fast, bus powered FireWire 800 drive enclosure - especially when used with a MacBook Pro. Though it's still not quite as fast as FireWire 400, it's close enough to explain why Apple did away with the FW400 port on all new MacBooks and MacBook Pros.įIREWIRE 800 IS FASTER STILL and MORE CONVENIENT Up until now, every time we tested a USB 2.0 storage device on a Mac, the transfer rate was about half that of FireWire 400 even though it had a higher theoretical speed rating (480Mbit/s). USB 2.0 IS TRULY FASTER - BUT STILL NOT QUITE AS FAST AS FIREWIRE 400 Test results are the Extended 20-100MB Test from SpeedTools QuickBench. USB 2.0 = WD Scorpio Black 7200rpm 320GB SATA 3G 2.5" notebook drive in TransIntl miniXpress 825 S connected to the Built-in USB 2.0 Port of the 'late 2008' MacBook Pro 2.8GHz SATA (N) = WD Scorpio Black 7200rpm 320GB SATA 3G 2.5" notebook drive in TransIntl miniXpress 825 S connected to LaCie SATA II ExpressCard/34įireWire 800 = WD Scorpio Black 7200rpm 320GB SATA 3G 2.5" notebook drive in TransIntl miniXpress 825 S connected to the Built-in FW800 Port of the 'late 2008' MacBook Pro 2.8GHzįireWire 400 = WD Scorpio Black 7200rpm 320GB SATA 3G 2.5" notebook drive in TransIntl miniXpress 825 connected to the Built-in FW400 Port of the 'early 2008' MacBook Pro 2.6GHz SATA (D) = Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA 3G 3.5" desktop drive in Wiebetech RTX 400 quad interface "tray free" enclosure connected to LaCie SATA II ExpressCard/34
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