On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:42 AM, yawg wrote:

> Does anybody on this list know more about the ins and outs of SATA
> adapters in Macs?

The Initio-based adapters work well in G4 Macs. Less well in Intel Macs.

Both the LaCie and OWC adapters are (were) Initio-based.

The OWC adapter has switchable internal/external, and the external  
connector is indeed eSATA, just as the internal connector is indeed  
iSATA.

The LaCie adapter has only external connections, but, alas, the  
connector is iSATA, not eSATA.

For the LaCie, you would either use the LaCie external SATA cases, or  
you could obtain a the non-standard iSATA to eDATA cable from one of  
the many ePray vendors which ship from Hong Kong.

The cables are inexpensive, about $3.99. Shipping is about the same.



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