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OCZ Announces Slate Series ExpressCards for Notebooks

Posted 12/09/08 at 02:30:57 PM  by Paul Lilly

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OCZ's making a pitch for its new Slate Series ExpressCard, a storage expansion drive the company claims is better suited than USB flash devices and external hard drives.

  • Compatible with USB 2.0
  • 18 MB/sec read
  • 12.5 MB/sec write
  • Voltage: 2.7V - 3.6V

The new ExpressCard storage drives aren't going to win any speed crowns, so OCZ is touting convenience and low power consumption over alternative backup solutions. Users who don't like to lug around external hard drives or who are prone to bumping into USB keys sticking out of a notebook may find appeal in an ExpressCard that stays put and out of the way.

Specific pricing and availability has not yet been announced, though OCZ did say its new Slate Series will come in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities.

Image Credit: OCZ

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TAGS: mobile, notebook, laptop, storage, ocz, Memory, hardware, ExpressCard, slate series
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avatarHey OCZ instead of coming up

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 2:03pm

Hey OCZ instead of coming up with probably useful things like this why don't you develope 4gb, 8gb and 16gb DDR3 memory modules.

Come on right now the most memory you can have in any X58 MB is 12gigs and that's only if that mb comes with 6 memory slots.

I want memory.. Gobs and gobs of memory.  Let hard drives take care of my storage problems.  

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avataryes convenient

Submitted by dcrail on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 1:01pm

So it's slower, larger in size, and I can't pull it from my laptop, and plug it into a desktop?  Tell me it costs twice as much and I'm sold!

 

 

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avataryou might want to actually

Submitted by nekollx on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 2:01pm

you might want to actually read the article.

 

Reading Whod have Thunk it!

 

it clearly says it has a usb port to connect it to your desktop, and as for larger in size it goes in the express card slot. That makes it pratically invisible with no hanging dongle to trip over.

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avatarIt says that it's USB2

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 2:08pm

It says that it's USB2 compatible but it's an express slot drive. I don't think it actually has a usb port on it. I think it's speed in comparable to a usb2 drive. But this is a guess as they don't specify. Thanks for the not so detailed article.

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avatarCompatible with USB

Submitted by One4yu2c on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 2:35pm

I thought listing USB compatibility was pretty clear, but if not, the included link to the product page goes into a little more detail. In short, it comes equipped with a mini-USB port and ships with a mini-USB cable.

Will be interesting to see what price point OCZ sets these at.

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avatarCool thanks.. Perhaps I

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 2:39pm

Cool thanks.. Perhaps I worded it wrong up above. I didn't mean to offend the author. I apologize. I just have an extremely strange sense of humor.

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avatarNo worries

Submitted by One4yu2c on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 2:50pm

No offense taken, Keith - I just wanted to clarify, as I know people sometimes miss the hyperlinks. But unless there's an oversight, most news stories should include at least a link back to the original source, and anywhere else that might be relevant.

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avatarI defended you befor when

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 4:15pm

I defended you befor when you were called a Hack.... I wouldn't have had to work at it if there were a notice that the stories here are for the most part taken from around the web. Like a little notice in each blog that this comes from Hardocp or newsmax or something like that. That way my favorite bloggers here on MaxPC.com don't get attacked and I don't have to defend.. LOL... I'll still defend you guys though.. 

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avataryou mean like hyperlinking

Submitted by nekollx on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 4:32pm

you mean like hyperlinking their source in the first 3 words of the blog?

 

Oh wait they do that....d'oh!

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avatarI was thinking alot like

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 8:47pm

I was thinking alot like what HardOCP does. They don't leave any doubt on where the source material is from. 

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