Desktop to Laptop file transfer. Whats the fastest way?

[ArchitectUK]

Did a bit of a search but didn't find much. So whats the fastest way of moving files from my SATA drive on my desktop to a laptop?

I have an external hard drive but it takes a while putting 200GB on there from the desktop (via usb 2) and then moving it from there to the laptop.

Is there a way of connecting a SATA drive directly to a laptop?

Cheers

 

[ArchitectUK]

Thanks for the help guys. I'm gonna go for the external hard drive for now, but that eSATA sounds very interesting for the future.