eSATA or firewire??

chuck990 · 6 Apr 2009 at 22:17

easy as the title, which should i use to connect mi lappy to my desktop? just to transfer files, tryed the home network but 1 Gb lasted over an hour and a quater

RJC · 6 Apr 2009 at 22:23

Personal choice would be esata, but I have not used Fire-wire for data transfer.

D D Danneh · 6 Apr 2009 at 22:32

Shouldn't really matter as I would have thought the laptop's HDD would be slowest part in that equation, however, I believe eSATA has a better overall transfer rate.

chuck990 · 6 Apr 2009 at 22:34

thanks both of you eSATA it is, also happens to be more eaisily acesible on both machines

Doug · 6 Apr 2009 at 23:05

You can't plug an eSATA port on one machine into an eSATA port on another machine for file transfer. eSATA is for connecting a hard drive to a machine, not for networking.

Your best bet would be Firewire (preferably 800).

chuck990 · 6 Apr 2009 at 23:14

really? from everything ive heard it is possible

RJC · 7 Apr 2009 at 07:08

I was thinking you were removing the HD from the laptop, I never tried connecting a esata to one machine to another.

chuck990 · 7 Apr 2009 at 11:54

firewire it'll have to be then thanks!

bledd · 7 Apr 2009 at 15:03

how big are the files?

gigabit can run up to about 100mb/s

disable AV when copying for max speed.