Re: OT: TBolt eSATA adaptor is pretty darn slick at first glance.

[David Lawrence] "[Chris Harlan] "Well, La-de-da. "Some" might also want to have Thunderbolt pass-through so that they can be using video i/o (other other items that require the end of the chain), which the Sonnet Echo does not have."

Actually, port multipliers are really nice. "

I'm sure they are. I think I was responding more to the tone than anything else. Actually, I wouldn't mind trying that box you linked to out on my 8 core. For my MacBook Pro, though, the drives generally need to be pretty portable so they are usually G-RAIDS or Glyphs. Also, pass through is important to me. I will probably be getting an Echo, anyway, since I have an MXO2 mini, and Sonnet now officially supports it. I'm sick of the spring in the PC Card slot deciding its had enough of whats in there, tossing the card, and bringing about the inevitable kernel panic. Of course, I may just get a little Black Magic box for the Macbook Pro since its about the same price as the Sonnet. Of course, the Echo's good because it can read Sony cards now. So maybe... Anyway, I'm enjoying the LaCie adaptor, and that I now have easy access to my stacks of eSATA RAIDS . So, there.