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Proper Professional Ports for Notebooks

380 points posted to Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), XPS products, Precision Workstations by icarus75 05/13/07

I am asking for proper ports on Dell Notebooks - specifically the XPS and Precision series. This includes:

- One 6-pin Firewire 400 Port &

- One 9-pin Firewire 800 Port (Both with Texas Instruments 1394 Controllers)

- Dual eSATA Ports (RAID Capable)

The current integrated 4-pin 1394 Ports are incredibly inconsistent and unreliable for 3rd party Audio/Video Interfaces. I have an $2700 Inspiron 9400 that is incapable of working correctly with M-Audio and Presonus Firewire products.

SCRAP Ricoh and O2Micro Controllers - They DON'T do the job!

eSATA is the fastest standard for external storage, Dell should be taking advantage of this.

gone_wheelin
12/07/07		 I agree 100%. I would also like to see the addition of a 9-pin serial port. it wasn't until after receiving this that I noticed it was not available.
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