No sooner did Apple drop the MacBook Pro Express Card slot Express Card as the organization announces a major upgrade to Version 2 The ExpressCard Standard 2.0 is equipped with a crucial difference: speed.
How much faster? Ten times faster, according to the specifications. Transfer tops in 5Gbps, which means that everything needed to establish a set of data will benefit, including video transmission, eSata adapter for external hard drives and everything coming with the USB 3.0 spec. In short, it is the pedestrian-slot at the side of many computers to a rapid and useful accessories.
Will we ever in a portable Mac? Given the fact that Apple seems to be playing musical chairs with data ports, FireWire break to make it again just a few months later, for example, it is quite possible that this slot will be in future revisions. Then again, this announcement from the ExpressCard humans is only the completion of the specification itself: We have a while to wait for the actual products ship. Until then we will probably buy MacBooks hewn from solid blocks of light with adamantium but.
