The limiting factor will be the USB 2.0 on the laptop. While eSATA may be convenient (no enclosure needed) it'll be slow because of USB 2, i.e. max 25MB/s transfers, more like 20MB/s sustained. Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org