ExpressCard vs Firewire 800 for HD-editing?

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ExpressCard vs Firewire 800 for HD-editing?

Hi,
I'm just started at a filmschool and I need a laptop for HD-editing.
I was looking at the new MBP 15'', but it doesn't have the ExpressCard / 34 slot.
Is this a big problem? When isn't firewire 800 good enough?

Thanks in advance 🙂

Sjogogo

Posted on Oct 2, 2010 2:45 AM

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Answer 1

iVmichael

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Oct 2, 2010 3:40 PM in response to Sjogogo

Welcome to Apple Support Communities 🙂

I Import AVCHD files into my MacBook Pro over both Firewire and USB and don't find either interface a problem overall. With 10GB+ files it takes a while with either but there's no faster option ...

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Network 23

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Oct 3, 2010 2:26 AM in response to Sjogogo

FireWire 800 should be good enough for individual external hard drives. Most of the people who really miss ExpressCard are using it to connect to big RAID arrays.

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